Noah Gordon "Heir to Medicus"

Author: Noah Gordon Title: The Heiress of Medicus Genre: Historical fiction Description: "The Heiress of Medicus" is the final installment of Gordon’s trilogy chronicling the fate of the Cole family of physicians. Roberta Cole, the titular heiress, is a descendant of the protagonists—the 11th-century "Medicus" and "Shaman." She has inherited an extraordinary power, known in the family as the Gift. It allows her, with a touch of her hand, to determine whether a patient will recover or die. Roberta graduated with degrees in law and medicine. When we meet her, she works as an internist at a hospital, is vying for the position of deputy chief of staff, and volunteers at an abortion clinic every Thursday. Suddenly, she begins to lose her footing—her marriage is falling apart, someone else gets the promotion, and anti-abortion protesters are staging demonstrations outside clinics and threatening doctors who perform abortions. While staying at a country cottage, which she initially intends to sell, she decides to change her life, move out of the city, and set up a private practice in a mountain village. Uninsured, poor patients, a lack of doctors and hospitals, and harsh weather conditions—these are just a few of the many obstacles and hardships Roberta will have to face. At the same time, she will find happiness, peace, friends, love, but above all, immense satisfaction in her work...