The Stars for a Light (Cheney Duvall, M. D., Book 1) [Paperback]

Lynn Morris (Author), Gilbert Morris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1994

As the Civil War ends, Cheney finds it a difficult path, as a woman, to practice medicine. Cheney Duvall, M.D. book 1.

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About the Author

Lynn Morris has collaborated with her father to create a powerful duo. With Gilbert's strength of great story plots and Lynn's research skills and character development, they have a loyal following. Lynn and her daughter live near Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Gilbert Morris spent ten years as a pastor before becoming Professor of English at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas and earning a Ph.D. at the University of Arkansas. During the summers of 1984 and 1985, he did postgraduate work at the University of London. A prolific writer, he has had over 25 scholarly articles and 200 poems published in various periodicals, and over the past years has had more than 180 novels published, including THE HOUSE OF WINLSOW series, LIONS OF JUDAH series and CHENEY DUVALL, M.D. His family includes three grown children, and he and his wife live in Alabama.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House (May 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556614225
• ISBN-13: 978-1556614224
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #699,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lynn Morris is a best-selling author, and coauthor with her father, Gilbert Morris. She lives in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Nice, Entertaining Book and Series, August 13, 2003

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Katie (Annapolis, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stars for a Light (Cheney Duvall, M. D., Book 1) (Paperback)

The Stars for a Light by Lynn and Gilbert Morris is the first book of the Cheney Duval, M.D. series which consists of 8 books and a subsequent series called the Inheritance. So far, that contains only 1 book.

Overall, this is a nice, entertaining book. The series is fun, too, although sometimes the adventures seem rather unrealistic. However, there are adventures, and they are exciting. This book/series has that, plus mystery and romance. I'm not a big fan of christian literature, but I did like these books. I reccomend it for people who like christian fiction or historical fiction.

The Stars for a Light tells the story of Cheney Duvall, a lady physician who struggles to become accepted in an all-male medical world. Other physcians look down on her, and patients don't trust a woman to doctor them. As a last resort, Cheney gets a job escorting/doctoring a group of women traveling by ship to California in order to add more women to the western population. Cheney brings along a nurse, who was reccomended by a friend. Mr. Shiloh Irons. He's an orphan, with his name coming from the crate marked Shiloh Ironworks in which he was found.

This unlikely pair (a female doctor and male nurse) travel to California with plenty of adventures to keep them busy, including Shiloh's hobby/second job of fighting, fires on board the ship, disease, and other excitements.

It is a good book. The characters are likeable and realistic, with their own particular traits. The dialogue is fun and the characters seem to work well with one another. It's well written and original, showing character development aplenty during the series. If you start on this, read it all. By the fourth book, you'll be hooked. I was.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great premise, great book!, May 4, 2004

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Jo28 "jo28" (Washington State, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stars for a Light (Cheney Duvall, M. D., Book 1) (Paperback)

I'll admit I was skeptical at first. While I read Christian fiction all the time and enjoy it, I'd never read a Christian historical fiction book that I really liked. My cousin highly recommended these books, so I thought I would give the first one a try. Of course I became hooked almost right away.

I liked the premise before I even started to read the book. A female doctor in the 1860's? Great premise! The book met and exceded any expectations I had for such a premise. As Dr. Cheney Duvall and her nurse, Shiloh Irons, travel from New York to Seattle with Asa Mercer and his hundred belles, they face danger and disease, along with more common shipboard problems. I was so disappointed when I finished this book, simply because I didn't have the next book in the series (Shadow of the Mountains) along, so I had to wait to start it.

Lynn and Gilbert Morris make a fantastic writing team. The plot is swift and intriguing. The characters are well fleshed-out and believeably, delightfully human. The dialogue is fun to read. All in all, this is a wonderfully well done book. Needless to say, not only do I love this book, but I love the others in the series that I have read so far. I definitely recommend this, even if you don't think Christian historical fiction is your thing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book! Definitely worth reading, February 4, 2000

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This review is from: The Stars for a Light (Cheney Duvall, M. D., Book 1) (Paperback)

I really liked this book. Mr. Morris is very capable of writing books that capture your attention, and yet he weaves a remarkable tale of God's love into his stories. This is by far one of my favorite series. I literally couldn't put this book down. Cheney is like a lot of women I know (me included).