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Dr. Hilary Morgan, having achieved her dream of practicing medicine in a Boston hospital, faces an unexpected challenge when she is accused of malpractice. To avoid a trial, she is sent to work in a remote Appalachian clinic—an environment far from the familiar comforts of cable TV, the Boston Pops, and microwave ovens.
There, she meets Dr. Rick Burnett, the station’s resident physician, whose supportive nature and insistence on warmth at the bedside help Hilary adjust to the slower pace and skeptical attitudes of the local residents. As her confidence grows, a looming decision forces her to weigh her new life’s responsibilities against the familiar pull of urban medicine, calling her to confront what truly matters in her career and heart.
First publish date: 1990
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Cathy Gillen Thacker
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