lilysreviews | The Courtship of Two Doctors by Martha Holoubek Fitzgerald

The Courtship of Two Doctors provides the reader with a glimpse into the lives of two people who meet while on a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. It is a glimpse not only into their lives and seeing how a friendship develops and blossoms into love over a distance, it is also a glimpse into a different time in history. The reader sees two people grow closer through correspondence, yes, but the reader also gets a glimpse into how medicine was taught - and practiced - at the time, how it differed between two schools, and how it differs from how it is practiced now (if only for the reader to do the comparison on his or her own).

I really enjoyed reading Courtship because it shows a different era so vividly, made more so - for me at least - because it was shown through the eyes of two average people who pursued a course of study they felt passionate about.

A very lovely read!