A romantic nineteenth-century saga

steeped in extraordinary adversity, The

Healers is the story of two physicians of

different faiths who, defying the mores

of their times, marry and embark on a

courageous journey of personal and pro-

fessional discovery.

David Lilliendahl is a Jewish medical

student in Vienna whose political activism

against the repressive policies of Metter-

nich ruin his family and prevent him from

practicing medicine. Under the strain of

vicious anti-Semitism and heartrending

personal loss, he emigrates to America,

where he finds work as a staff physician

at Jews Hospital in New York City.

There he meets and works beside Mary

Sinclair, the daughter of a prosperous

New York publisher, and the first female

student accepted to L Ecole de Medio

cine in Paris. A strong-willed "modern"

young woman, Mary has earned the repu-

tation of being.a brilliant and outspoken

doctor who demands professional equal-

ity and respect.