“Lysistrata Herriott - a terribly gimicky name, but I suppose truly appropriate to the character here - is a social exile in Boston where she was wooed and dumped by a cousin of hers. In the aftermath of the Civil War, which claimed much of her family, Lysistrata and her father attempt to start over in the most unlikely place: Burma. He is a doctor and she has nursing experience, so the two of them travel around the world to serve as medics to the English colonists living there. Unfortunately the same social walls Lysistrata kicked against in Boston are present in Burma. Nursing is a frowned upon profession for genteel young ladies. Lysistrata is expected to keep house instead, a task that is both overwhelming and necessary in a climate that breeds everything all the time. Any extra time she will be allowed to flirt and try to catch a husband out of one of the many, many young eligibles seeking their fortune in this part of the East.
The rest of the review is here:
http://grerp.blog-city.com/rangoon.htm”