The release date for the English version of 'The Surgeon's Daughter' by
Audrey Blake is May 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
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Women's labor is vital to human survival.
One of a kind, Nora Beady is the lone female student at a prominent medical school in Bologna. Her unusual and insensitive aspirations to become a qualified surgeon outrage the men around her since, in the 19th century, women were supposed to stay at home and raise their families. Nora's accomplishments are under continual inspection, and her errors are used as evidence that women aren't cut out for the job.
When she forms an alliance with the only other female doctor on staff, Magdalena Morenco, everything changes. The two ladies work together to create novel methods for enhancing a revolutionary surgical procedure: the cesarean section. The study is arduous and the treatment is perilous, but what's worse is the hostile reaction from males. Many may decide not to provide their wives medical treatment, and many don't trust the opinions of women.
When Nora encounters a patient who won't survive the procedure after already encountering opposition from all directions, she is horrified. Her work has the potential to transform the world if the process goes well. But everything may be lost in the event of a failure: valuable lives, Nora's profession, and the place women will be given in the medical field.