A review by honeyville
My Name Is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira

3.0

This incredible story covers the life of Mary Sutter, a well known Midwife who aspires to be a surgeon, but women were not permitted to train in medical schools. Mary decides to go volunteer to help as a Civil War nurse in hopes of furthering her goal of becoming a doctor, and she gains more experience than she had ever imagined. Brutal at times with the details of war and the limitations of early medicine, I really enjoyed this intriguing story, but I felt like the second half of the book dragged on.