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This novel was deeply inspired by Jewett's father and her own ambitions for a career in medicine. Young Nan Price accompanies Dr. Leslie on long hikes to make house calls. Nan wants to follow in Leslie's footsteps and become a doctor, so he encourages her to study and attend medical school in the city. As a young girl Jewett would often travel with her physician father on his rounds, and it was through these trips that she became aware of the sights and sounds of her home in rural Maine.
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