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title: "The Doctor and the Diva: A Novel Kindle Edition"
brand: "adrienne mcdonnell"
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# The Doctor and the Diva: A Novel Kindle Edition

**Brand:** adrienne mcdonnell
**Price:** A$20
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- **What is this?** The Doctor and the Diva: A Novel Kindle Edition by adrienne mcdonnell
- **How much does it cost?** A$20 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    Not awhat I expected!
  

*by C***A on Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2019*

I really had mixed emotions regarding this book.  When I read the synopsis of this book I was intrigued and ordered it.  When I started reading I felt it was a very disjointed read.  I had a hard time keeping up with the narration.  It was interesting in some ways (the ins and outs of conception) and the author did do an extensive history into the medical (obgyn profession).  At times I felt let down with the characters.  But knowing the history of the times was interesting.

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    A story of beauty, love, and obsession
  

*by J***A on Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2012*

Wow. I was overwhelmed by this book and read it in two days on my Kindle. Yes, it was tragic. Yes, the characters are flawed. Isn't that what makes a great book? Nobody was more flawed than Emma Bovary, but Flaubert managed to immortalize her foibles. So it is with the impulsive Erica and her longings. A mezzo, not a soprano; a talent which is inconsistent, (and a woman not that young), we get the feeling she is never really going to make it; yet she is driven--to the point of abandonning the child she adores to pursue a career which may or may not materialize. Along the way, McDonnell tugs at our heartstrings, as we see her actually lose her son. But what a story! And what great writing! A real tour de force. I loved it!

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    Great novel based on a true story--a fascinating book
  

*by E***H on Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2013*

I read this book all in one night!  It captured me right from the start and, as they say, I couldn't put it down.  Both the doctor and the diva are well-drawn characters who act like real people would act.  I know this is fiction (that's why I loved it so) but I do think the author really understood how these characters must have thought, what they felt and longed for and dreamed about.  And she gathered her material only from old family letters, newspaper archives and tons of historical medical research.I read it first just to see how the story came out.  Then I read it again, to understand the deeper issues: infertility in an era and culture where such things were shameful, not to be mentioned, certainly not to be addressed, at least to anyone's knowledge, and the issue of a woman having a lifelong calling (an opera career) when women were firmly expected to be wife, mother and confined to home and hearth.This book compared more than favorably with other historical writers I've enjoyed.  When I ordered this book on Amazon, I was offered other books by similar authors that people have bought, and none of them were a surprise to me.  When you see their names, you'll know what I mean.This a great writer.  I'm looking forward to another book from her.

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