Japan, 1857. A young woman is readying herself for marriage. The daughter of a doctor, Tsuru has been working alongside him and learning the ways of medicine all her life. When her father allows her to marry the man she loves, she believes her life will be all she dreamt it could be: happily married, working amongst men as an equal. Paperback , 521 pages Published April 1st 2012 by Quercus (first published October 2010)