The Story of Three Very Different Women Finding Courage, Love, and Compassion in the Most Unlikely Places, This Narrative Follows Medical Interns As They Work in a Rural South African Hospital. Spoiled Rachel Struggles to Establish Her Independence and Learns to Love Across the Cultural Divide; Conservative Seema Attempts to End a Relationship That Has Become Increasingly Abusive; and Street-Savvy Nomsa Finally Accepts a Past That She Has Spent a Lifetime Denying. Coping With Rogue Snakes, Gang Assassinations, and the Public's Denial of Aids, These Women Demonstrate What It Takes to Be a Doctor in South Africa.