The Physician's Daughter

A first printing softcover in very good condition. The covers are free of marks, and the spine shows no creasing. There is light shelf wear, most noticeable on the back cover. The pages are clean and unmarked throughout. A very good copy from cover to cover. First printing of the UK paperback edition. Historical fiction by American author Martha Conway, whose novel Thieving Forest won the North American Book Award for Best Historical Fiction. The Civil War has just ended, and eighteen year old Vita Tenney is determined to become a country doctor like her father. When he tells her to marry instead, she finds a way out through war veteran Jacob Culhane.