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“I have come to the crossroads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew. But I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard” (Col. Slide’s speech in ‘Scent of a Woman’). Matters of choice, in general. But there are also matters of a rather specific choice, and there are armies out there, “Pro-life” armies, to take it away from us (yes, from all of us, my ladies, because often it is a matter of our joint choice, not only our partners’). Now, in the last book of the Coles’ trilogy, we are back to our own time.Yet another descendent of Robe Cole and the last owner of Avicenna’s lancet is Roberta Jeanne d’Arc Cole, M.D., a successful Bostonian doctor. Roberta shares persistence and perseverance with Robe, as well as the medical gift, and another gift, the gift to make the right choices, with Robert “Shaman” Cole of the Illinois Territory in the 1850s. So when she makes the choice to stand up for the lives and well-being of other women, and remains one of the last abortion providers in Boston, it will cost her dearly.
As a piece of literature, it is less well written than the previous two. But its relevance and humanistic message ensure the 4 out of 5 grade for this book.
As a piece of literature, it is less well written than the previous two. But its relevance and humanistic message ensure the 4 out of 5 grade for this book.
