The Unlocked Path
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"Flawlessly researched with characters that come alive on the page, debut author Janis Robinson Daly writes with a fresh voice that brings her readers instantly into a story that, in many ways, is shockingly similar to today's world." –Barbara Conrey, USA Today bestselling author of Nowhere Near Goodbye
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Daly’s protagonist, Eliza, represents the “New Woman” of the early 20th century: educated, career-minded, and independent. Though she faces monumental struggles forced upon her to become a physician when there were so few females in the field.
This is a story about the eternal struggle to live one’s best life. It’s also a story about family, those we are born to, and those we create. I am drawn to novels of sisterhood and enjoy exploring the theme that blood is not all that makes a family in my own writing.
Daly has done this beautifully with the women she…
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