A Girl with a Knife

Winner of Illinois Author Project Competition!

Women could not be surgeons. She did it anyway.

After the heartbreaking loss of her mother and a cruel attack by her drunken father, Ella Parker decides that dishonesty is fine when it serves her needs. At a time when wealthy young ladies do little more than embroidery, Ella escapes her luxurious but lonely life, and meets an eccentric ship surgeon who-once she impresses him with her quick-thinking and empathy-allows her to assist him during a su...