<DIV><P>Moving through the exotic settings of California, Hawaii, and Africa, 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.<BR><BR>In the late 1960s, three bright, ambitious women struggling to make a place in a man's world meed in medical school. Each has a past she wants to forget, and each has a dream she needs to fulfill. <I>Mickey Long </I>— Disfigured from birth, Mickey turns to plastic surgery to heal herself and others afflicted with her special pain. <I>Sondra Mallone</I> — Abandoned by her natural parents, Sondra becomes a missionary doctor to forgotten souls crying out for love. <I>Ruth Shapiro </I>— 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.</p></div>