Carole Matthews is one of the bestselling women's fiction writers around. Romance & Sagas
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In 1906. bright, beautiful and sweet sixteen, Christina Holt is banished from her family because of her determination to study medicine in defiance of their wishes. But, once Christina has achieved her aim, all does not go smoothly and a starry-eyed love affair leaves her pregnant by a fellow student whom she can never marry. Heartbroken, Christina must give up her baby son for adoption. This won't be the last sacrifice she has to make for her career - nor the last challenge to her fighting spirit. Soon after she qualifies as a doctor, the outbreak of the Great War impels Christina to join the Women's Service Hospital - a decision that will bring both professional success and personal tragedy . . .Latest Additions
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