TY - BOOK AU - Conway,Martha TI - The physician's daughter SN - 9781838778217 (pbk.) : PY - 2023/// PB - Zaffre KW - Saga KW - Generational sagas KW - Historical fiction KW - United States KW - History KW - 1865-1898 KW - Fiction KW - lcsh N2 - 1865: the American Civil War has just ended, and 18-year old Vita Tenney is determined to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a country doctor like her father. But when her father tells her she must get married instead, Vita explores every means of escape - and finds one in the person of war veteran Jacob Culhane. Damaged by what he's seen in battle and with all his family gone, Jacob is seeking investors for a fledgling business. Then he meets Vita - and together they hatch a plan that should satisfy both their desires. 'The Physician's Daughter' is a novel of female perseverance and the role of women in society set in the aftermath of the American Civil War ER -