Winter Sisters by Robin Oliveira
It feels like I haven't read a solid historical novel for a long time. I'm pretty sure it's only been a few months, but as I was reading Winter Sisters I said out loud to myself "I am so happy reading this novel!". I have no shame in admitting I talk to myself, especially when reading. I read My Name is Mary Sutter years ago, and loved it. Civil War novels always have a huge pull for me, and Mary Sutter is such a compelling character it's hard not to love her. When I saw this was a sequel of sorts to Mary Sutter , I just had to read it. It's 1879, Albany, New York. Mary, now Dr. Mary Stipp, lives and works with her husband Dr. William Stipp, along with her mother Amelia and niece Elizabeth. They have a successful clinic run out of their spacious home, and have a good life in Albany. The Civil War has not left them, however, and they are forever changed by what they witnessed as doctors treating soldiers. But life is prett...