Noah Gordon The Cole Trilogy-

The third book in Noah Gordon's Cole Trilogy is

Matters of Choice, following The Physician and Shaman, focusing on Dr. Roberta Cole's struggles with her medical career, reproductive rights, and personal choices in 20th-century America, continuing the family's medical saga into the modern era.

About Matters of Choice

Main Character: Dr. Roberta Jeanne d'Arc Cole, a physician.

Plot: Roberta loses her hospital position and marriage due to her work at an abortion clinic, forcing her to find new purpose in a rural Massachusetts practice while confronting deep ethical dilemmas about choice and motherhood.

Themes: Women's reproductive rights, medical ethics, personal challenges, and finding meaning.

The Cole Trilogy in Order

The Physician (Historical setting: 11th-century England)

Shaman (Historical setting: 19th-century America, Native American medicine)

Matters of Choice (Contemporary setting: Late 20th-century America)