Description
The hero of this novel, a rational, rural Maine physician, finds herself courted by a patient whose bones she has patched together after an accident. He is a Boston lawyer who insists that marriage will not end her career. Through the story of Dr. Zay, Phelps takes on a subject unusual for 1882: the conflict, for women, between marriage and career. And as with all of Phelpss novels, this one is both entertaining and consciousness-raising on class and gender.
The hero of this novel, a rational, rural Maine physician, finds herself courted by a patient whose bones she has patched together after an accident. He is a Boston lawyer who insists that marriage will not end her career. Through the story of Dr. Zay, Phelps takes on a subject unusual for 1882: the conflict, for women, between marriage and career. And as with all of Phelpss novels, this one is both entertaining and consciousness-raising on class and gender.