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'Choices' appealed because of its retro 1990s cover, plus the blurb says 'female doctor' and 'small town practice' and 'masterpiece' so I'm giving it a go. It's dated, for sure, but the theme—a woman's right to choose—remains sadly topical. 'Choices' is big, warm-hearted, old-fashioned, popular fiction. I didn't know how popular until I googled Noah Gordon—now 92 years old and the most successful novelist you've never heard of. 'Choices' is the final book in a trilogy in which the first book, 'The Physician' had sold 10 million copies (as at 2015) and has been made into a movie, a musical and a Netflix series. I suspect 'Choices' is the weakest of the set—'The Physician' is set in 11th century Persia, so I'm off to track it down.