Set in London, New York, and San Francisco from the late nineteenth
century through the first decades of the twentieth, Domina is the
inspiring saga of one woman's personal and professional triumph against
the prejudices of her time.
Beautiful and courageous, Samantha Hargrave dares to dream that she will
become one of the first female doctors -- and surgeons -- in America.
Born in the slums of London and possessing a special gift for healing,
Samantha struggles to enter the all-male medical profession. When her
ambition encounters hostile rejection in England, she sails to America,
where she meets an eccentric doctor who takes her on as an apprentice.
But at the high-profile Astor Ball in New York, Samantha is introduced
to the second of the three men who will change her life forever -- and
love just might interfere with her ambition. Acclaimed novelist Barbara
Wood reveals her remarkable talent by capturing Samantha's indomitable
spirit, making Domina a literary triumph.