Winston up on her offer and he will help her figure out how to lie to their parents and other brothers. Paddy is the one who eventually convinces Willa to take Dr. While talking with Willa, the doctor recognises Willa’s passion for the profession. Willa has been reading medical books for a few years and because of her, Paddy did not lose too much blood. Nick is shocked to see a woman who’s a doctor but Willa realises that their brother needs help and moves forward. They take him to see the doctor only to find out he retired and Doctor Katherine Winston is his replacement. Nick, the eldest, and Willa are tasked with taking Paddy to a doctor since Willa’s twin brothers, Sean and Michael, are off on an errand and her father refuses to leave Willa in charge of the bar. The incident that changes the trajectory of Willa’s future, is when Paddy has an accident while working in the family bar. She does what is expected of her and will go into the convent in five months despite her interest in medicine. It’s clear that Willa doesn’t have a strong relationship with her parents or any of her brothers besides Paddy. Willa was a strong female character who had become the obedient daughter since an accident some years prior to the book starting. Seeing that struggle was what gave this book the complexity and Trueblood did an amazing job of showing it. Willa’s determination to study medicine despite not having any support from her family and it wasn’t a profession women normally went into, was admirable.
Her family was grieving and no one knew how to deal with it. It was unfortunate how her parents and older brothers-except Paddy-dictated her life and how she had been dealing with guilt for years over an accident that caused a tragedy she never meant to happen. This book gave me all the feels and I connected with Willa from the first pages. This book was filled with so much depth, feelings, and heavy subjects that I was not expecting. When I read the synopsis of Across a Broken Shore, I knew it was the kind of book I would enjoy and I was happy to accept it.
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