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

3.0

Nice historical about a young single woman named Mary Sutter, who has legendary skills as a midwife but secretly yearns to become a surgeon. Mary goes to local surgeon James Blevens and asks to become an apprentice. Unfortunately Blevens is eager to go to the war and rejects her request, devestating Mary. Then a potential beau is stolen by her prettier twin sister Jenny. Mary reads about a call for nurses in Washington DC on the same day she learns Jenny is expecting a child, and runs away in pain to join the cause. The story mostly focuses on Mary's experiences nursing and learning medicine during the war. I have to admit the flow of the story wasn't real great. I enjoyed the storyline, but think it would have been much better if the book had been broken up between two or three books in a series. The storyline focused so much on the war period that the ending seemed very rushed. But overall I really liked the book and the characters were realistic. I just wished I could have spent a little more time with each of them. Three and a half stars.