by Rebecca Abrams · Macmillan Us · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330472579
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«Touching Distance» is the historical novel by Rebecca Abrams, published by Macmillan Us in paperback (312 pages, in English).
Based on a true case, it tells the story of Alec Gordon, a doctor who returns to Scotland in the 1790s intending to modernize local medical practice, starting with midwives. When an epidemic begins to kill new mothers, Gordon embarks on an investigation that will challenge his ideas and shake the community.
The novel originally appeared in 2008; this paperback edition was published in 2011.
For readers of historical fiction and period drama; the cover presents it as «a mystery story, a love story, a historical drama».
