The Girl In His Shadow

De: Audrey Blake

Narrado por: Susan Lyons

The story of one woman who believed in scientific medicine before the world believed in her

Raised by the eccentric surgeon Dr. Horace Croft after losing her parents to a deadly pandemic, the orphan Nora Beady knows little about conventional life. While other young ladies were raised to busy themselves with needlework and watercolors, Nora was trained to perfect her suturing and anatomical illustrations of dissections.

Women face dire consequences if caught practicing medicine, but in Croft's private clinic Nora is his most trusted—and secret—assistant. That is until the new surgical resident Dr. Daniel Gibson arrives. Dr. Gibson has no idea that Horace's bright and quiet young ward is a surgeon more qualified and ingenuitive than even himself. In order to protect Dr. Croft and his practice from scandal and collapse Nora must learn to play a new and uncomfortable role—that of a proper young lady.

But pretense has its limits. Nora cannot turn away and ignore the suffering of patients even if it means giving Gibson the power to ruin everything she's worked for. And when she makes a discovery that could change the field forever, Nora faces an impossible choice. Remain invisible and let the men around her take credit for her work, or let the world see her for what she is—even if it means being destroyed by her own legacy.

"With its strong woman protagonist and authentic period detail, this is the best kind of historical fiction, transporting readers to a place and time peopled with memorable characters. Readers who enjoy medical drama will gravitate to this book."—Library Journal

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It was not predictable. It was well written and performed

It was engaging. If I missed anything, I was interested enough to go back and start prior to the missed part. I slow the tempo down to 9 so I miss nothing with the reading. The pace change feature is brilliant on Audible’s system.

The trials a women had to endure because they where women

I very much enjoyed the way it was written not a lot of additional description

Beautiful story

Loved it. Great historical fiction about the early days of modern medicine and discoveries, along with a great leading lady who fights to be allowed in

A great story beautifully narrated

The narrator is marvelous. She brings each character to life in a truly engaging story.

Enjoyable

So interesting, so relatable with a daughter in law surgeon, and smatterings of red tape, biases, and prejudices thrown in with a romantic flare.