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I liked this least of the 3 novels telling the history of the cole family physicians. here the protagonist, a female physician, struggles with the ethical issues surrounding abortion as well as the personal ones. it's much less absorbing for me than the prior 2 books - this operates on a more reduced scale - much less dealing with the broad sweep of history. perhaps if i weren't knowledgeable about the social context and costs surrounding abortion i would have found it more absorbing. praise to gordon for having a female protagonist but i wish it was a more compelling read. spoiler alert: what i did like is that there was no happily ever after ending, and i liked that the characters were life sized rather than heroic.