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Hand of a Woman

by Diana Brown

It was a perilous plight in 19th-century America to be a desirable young woman, alone and impoverished, with a stain on her past that had to be kept secret. And for that same young woman to seek entry to a world of medicine barred to her sex bordered on the impossible. Damaris Fanshawe was that woman, making the ultimate personal sacrifice to become a doctor, only to have it all threatened by two men-ruthless New York financier Templeton Caylew, who could ruin her unless she yielded to his shocking proposal...and Caylew's son-in-law, handsome, gallant, Southern planter Guy Parrish, who offered a love that would break her heart to refuse, and destroy her career to accept...

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?