My Name Is Mary Sutter: A Novel

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An enthralling historical novel about a young woman's struggle to become a doctor during the Civil War

In this stunning first novel, Mary Sutter is a brilliant, head­strong midwife from Albany, New York, who dreams of becoming a surgeon. Determined to overcome the prejudices against women in medicine-and eager to run away from her recent heartbreak- Mary leaves home and travels to Washington, D.C. to help tend the legions of Civil War wounded. Under the guidance of William Stipp and James Blevens-two surgeons who fall unwittingly in love with Mary's courage, will, and stubbornness in the face of suffering-and resisting her mother's pleas to return home to help with the birth of her twin sister's baby, Mary pursues her medical career in the desperately overwhelmed hospitals of the capital.

Like Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain and Robert Hicks's The Widow of the South, My Name Is Mary Sutter powerfully evokes the atmosphere of the period. Rich with historical detail (including marvelous depictions of Lincoln, Dorothea Dix, General McClellan, and John Hay among others), and full of the tragedies and challenges of wartime, My Name Is Mary Sutter is an exceptional novel. And in Mary herself, Robin Oliveira has created a truly unforgettable heroine whose unwavering determination and vulnerability will resonate with readers everywhere.

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Young, unmarried, single-minded and determined, Mary Sutter has become one of the best midwives im upstate New York. Taught at her mother's side, she shows an instinct and quickness that would serve her well if she could attend medical school. Her dream to become a physician, a surgeon, even, has been rebuffed at every turn until the beginning of the conflict between the states. Reading the call for nurses in the newspaper, she leaves home and presents herself to chief surgeon William Stipp at the Union Hotel (now a hospital)who tells her to go home. Through perseverance and the refusal to leave, Mary eventually becomes his assistant and is daily faced with the filth, infection, lack of supplies, nonstop surgery and patient care and warfare that quickly overwhelms the old hotel and its occupants.

Robin Oliveria has crafted a stunning novel that I found so engrossing, I read it in one evening's setting. Mary Sutter's journey takes her from a comfortable home and one of the few careers a woman was allowed to Washington, D.C. during the height of the Civil war. In her daily workings she comes in contact with personages integral to the Civil War, Lincoln's personal secretary, Dorthea Dix who persuaded Lincoln to use female nurses and even president Lincoln. These personalities appear as part of the every day hubbub that was Washington, D.C. Mary even follows the surgeon onto the battlefield, bringing much needed supplies and an extra pair of hands. Oliveria did extensive research in books written after the war and medical care available during the conflict. She also weaves in the personal side of Mary's life, the mother and sister left behind in New York, the loss of a hoped for romance, the men who were captured by her intelligence and drive. This was a book I could not put aside, I had to make the journey with Mary Sutter, and I was not disappointed
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