The Surgeon’s Daughter

Women’s work is a matter of life and death Nora Beady,the only female student at a prestigious medical school in Bolognais a rarity. In the 19th century women are expected to remain at home and raise childrenso her unconventionalindelicate ambitions to become a licensed surgeon offend the men around her. Under constant scrutinyNora’s successes are taken for granted; her mistakes used as proof that women aren’t suited to the field. Everything changes when she allies herself with Magdalena Morencothe sole female doctor on-staff. Together the two women develop new techniques to improve a groundbreaking surgery: the Cesarean section. It’s a highly dangerous procedure and the research is gruelingbut even worse is the vitriolic response from men. Most don’t trust the findings of womenand many can choose to deny their wives medical care. Already facing resistance on all sidesNora is shaken when she meets a patient who will die without the surgery. If the procedure is successfulher work could change the world. But a failure could cost everything: precious livesNora’s careerand the role women will be allowed to play in medicine.