R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 2/4/2024 + 1438 more book reviews

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A terrible blizzard hits Albany, NY, in 1879. Emma and Claire, sisters, seven and ten years of age are stranded at school. Three days later children are sent home trudging through four feet of snow. Four hundred people died including their parents, Bonnie and David O'Donnell.

While there is no trace of the girls, Drs. Mary and William Still, friends of the family, search for them. What happens to the sisters emerges as the book progresses. It's a tragic story that unfolds as the search goes on.

The book follows My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira which gives an indepth view of who she is. I love this heroine and rated that book five stars. Some of my best reads feature strong women characters. vMary Sutter is one, my kind of woman! She struggles with society's beliefs about the place of women. She reaches beyond the accepted role of women as midwives to become a surgeon.

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