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From childhood, Susan Gray and her cousin Louisa May Alcott have shared a safe, insular world of adventuresa world that begins to evaporate with the outbreak of the Civil War. Frustrated with sewing uniforms and wrapping bandages, the two women journey to Washington, D.C.'s Union Hospital to volunteer as nurses. Which is a horrifying experience. There they meet the Clara Bartonthe legendary Angel of the Battlefieldand she becomes their idol and mentor. Soon one wounded soldier begins to captivate and puzzle them alla man who claims to be a blacksmith, but whose appearance and sharp intelligence suggest he might not be who he says he is. Journeying through the apex of Louisa's fame as the author of Little Women, and Lincoln's appointment of Clara, this novel is ultimately the story of friendship between the women who broke the mold society set for them.