Moving through the exotic settings of California, Hawaii, and Africa, acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood weaves a rich and compelling story of three women's lives and the challenges they face in their careers and in their relationships.In the late 1960s, these bright, ambitious women struggling to make a place in a man's world meet in medical school. Each has a past she wants to forget, and each has a dream she needs to fulfill."Mickey Long"-Disfigured from birth, Mickey turns to plastic surgery to heal herself and others afflicted with her special pain."Sondra Mallone"-Abandoned by her natural parents, Sondra becomes a missionary doctor to forgotten souls crying out for love."Ruth Shapiro"-After discovering the miracle of motherhood, Ruth opens a pioneering fertility clinic that offers new hope to those who once had none.In the years that lie ahead-years of triumph and tragedy, joy and sorrow, love and loneliness-each woman will find, in their unique bond of friendship, the courage and strength to succeed.