By: Jaima Fixsen and Regina Sirois (united pen name: Audrey Blake)
Libby eBook 45 chapters plus historical note (plus first three chapters of The Woman with No Name)
Published: 2022
Genre: historical fiction
We continue the story of Nora (in Bolgna, Italy to become a doctor) and Daniel (in London, trying to help Horace Croft build his practice. Practicing medicine in the 1840s was not for the feint of heart - male or female. This book was less gory but still had interesting details. I like that one of the things Nora learned about medicine was the non-medical aspects of life and death.
The first half was kind of ho-hum and I thought about not finishing it. I'm glad I stuck with it.
My favorite parts were Nora finally being mentored and befriended by Magdalena, Harry and Julia joining the household, and two things that are spoiler alerts (So STOP now if you want to read it and be surprised).
I was confident that Lady Woodbine and her baby would survive, but the authors left enough couching and hedging room that it was suspenseful and satisfying.
I was so glad that Dr. Vickery was thwarted!
I was sad when Pozzi died. He was such a sweetheart and one of Nora's true friends in Italy.
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