Together We Read: The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake

 

From July 13-27, library users can participate in the Big Library Read featuring The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake. This eBook club connects readers with the same book at the same time without any waitlists or holds. Download the discussion guide to start a conversation with other readers. You can also visit the discussion board to share your thoughts.

The Girl is His Shadow is an unforgettable historical fiction novel about one woman who believed in scientific medicine before the world believed in her. Raised by the eccentric surgeon Dr. Horace Croft after losing her parents to a deadly pandemic, the orphan Nora Beady knows little about conventional life. While other young women were raised to busy themselves with needlework and watercolors, Nora was trained to perfect her suturing and anatomical illustrations of dissections.

Women face dire consequences if caught practicing medicine, but in Croft’s private clinic Nora is his most trusted—and secret—assistant. That is until the new surgical resident Dr. Daniel Gibson arrives. Dr. Gibson has no idea that Horace’s bright and quiet young ward is a surgeon more qualified than even himself. In order to protect Dr. Croft and his practice from scandal and collapse Nora must learn to play a new and uncomfortable role—that of a proper young lady.

 
-Click here to borrow The Girl in His Shadow. To read this book on a handheld device, download the Overdrive app or Libby app.

-Read a letter from Audrey Blake. 

-Join the hosts of the Professional Book Nerds podcast for an interview with Audrey Blake on July 26th at 2 pm EST. Register here. 
 
-Share your thoughts on social media by using #biglibraryread to be entered to win a Big Library Read giveaway bag. See official rules here.