The physician's daughter / Martha Conway.
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TextPublisher: London : Zaffre, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 470 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781838778514; 9781838773076Subject(s): Women -- Social conditions -- Fiction | Veterans -- Fiction | Self-realization in women -- Fiction | Physicians -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | United States -- History -- 1865- -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Domestic fiction. DDC classification: 813.6 Summary: It is 1865, the American Civil War has just ended, and 18-year old Vita Tenney is determined to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a country doctor like her father. But when her father tells her she must get married instead, Vita explores every means of escape - and finds one in the person of war veteran Jacob Culhane. Damaged by what he's seen in battle and with all his family gone, Jacob is seeking investors for a fledgling business. Then he meets Vita - and together they hatch a plan that should satisfy both their desires. Months later, Vita seemingly has everything she ever wanted. But alone in a big city and haunted by the mistakes of her past, she wonders if the life she always thought she wanted was too good to be true. When love starts to compete with ambition, what will come out on top?
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"In a world made for men, can she walk her own path?" -- Cover.
It is 1865, the American Civil War has just ended, and 18-year old Vita Tenney is determined to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a country doctor like her father. But when her father tells her she must get married instead, Vita explores every means of escape - and finds one in the person of war veteran Jacob Culhane. Damaged by what he's seen in battle and with all his family gone, Jacob is seeking investors for a fledgling business. Then he meets Vita - and together they hatch a plan that should satisfy both their desires. Months later, Vita seemingly has everything she ever wanted. But alone in a big city and haunted by the mistakes of her past, she wonders if the life she always thought she wanted was too good to be true. When love starts to compete with ambition, what will come out on top?
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