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 3.5 star 
 Second chance story. He was 4 years younger and the youngest son of an adjoining neighbor. Except for a short 3 years in her life ,when her father was married to his second wife, she was neglected and unloved. As a result she became emotionless. She started dissecting animals at a young age and went to Germany at 17 and became a female physician. He was a mathematical genius and an adventure traveler. He was also in love with her since his early childhood, we get snipped of their history as she remembers their past. They meet again when she was 28 and a physician surgeon in Women Hospital and he was the 24 year old Adonis and much loved by London society. They kissed and she was blown away with the emotions she felt so she asked him to marry her. They were married in 3 weeks but he made a terrible choice the week before they were married and she happened to observe it. Instead of calling off the wedding and confronting him, she married him and suffered in silence and made both their lives miserable. A month later she asked for an annulment. 
 The story begins 3 years after they parted. They had to confront their past and go through debilitating illness, running away from mobs, fighting in civil unrest in India and loss of a parent.