A New Doctor at Orchard Cottage Hospital

A country town in need of a good Doctor but will they accept her as one of their own? Somerset March 1930 Born in the workhouse and adopted by a former suffragette Frances Brakespeare was encouraged from an early age to be strong independent and to pursue a career as a doctor. The tragic loss of the love of her life in the Great War propels Frances to commit to her one true vocation._x000D_Speaking out against the unfair treatment of female doctors Frances is dismissed from her London post and things continue to take a turn for the worse when Izzy her benefactress dies and Frances finds herself homeless. With no employment or roof over her head her future seems uncertain until she's offered a residency at the Orchard Cottage Hospital in Norton Dene Somerset - a town where quarrying and coal mining scar the land. It's a far cry from London and the town's narrow minds are not so welcoming of a young female doctor but she's determined to win through. At first sight the town seems quaintly old fashioned a place where nothing much happens. But there are secrets and sins bubbling beneath the surface plus a mystery she's determined to solve . . .