A novel inspired by the life of Dr. James Miranda Barry follows a penniless Irish girl who adopts the identity of a boy in order to enter medical school, and embracing the freedom of living life as a man, becomes one of the most well-respected physicians in nineteenth-century Cape Town.
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ISBN:9780316536585
ISBN:031653658X
Physical Description:ix, 337 pages ; 25 cm
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York, New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.