The woman with the cure
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Chisago Lakes Area Library - Current
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Horstmann, Dorothy M. -- (Dorothy Millicent), -- 1911- -- Fiction.
Poliomyelitis -- United States -- Prevention -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Vaccines -- Fiction.
Virologists -- United States -- Biography -- Fiction.
Women microbiologists -- United States -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Horstmann, Dorothy M. -- (Dorothy Millicent), -- 1911- -- Fiction.
Poliomyelitis -- United States -- Prevention -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Vaccines -- Fiction.
Virologists -- United States -- Biography -- Fiction.
Women microbiologists -- United States -- Fiction.
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Book
Physical Desc
409 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes readers guide.
Description
In 1940s and '50s America, polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb. No one's life is untouched by this disease that kills or paralyzes its victims, particularly children. Outbreaks of the virus across the country regularly put American cities in lockdown. Some of the world's best minds are engaged in the race to find a vaccine. The man who succeeds will be a god. But Dorothy Horstmann is not focused on beating her colleagues to the vaccine. She just wants the world to have a cure. Applying the same determination that lifted her from a humble background as the daughter of immigrants, to becoming a doctor--often the only woman in the room--she hunts down the monster where it lurks: in the blood. This discovery of hers, and an error by a competitor, catapults her closest colleague to a lead in the race. When his chance to win comes on a worldwide scale, she is asked to sink or validate his vaccine--and to decide what is forgivable, and how much should be sacrificed, in pursuit of the cure.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cullen, L. (2023). The woman with the cure (First edition.). Berkley.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cullen, Lynn. 2023. The Woman With the Cure. Berkley.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cullen, Lynn. The Woman With the Cure Berkley, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cullen, Lynn. The Woman With the Cure First edition., Berkley, 2023.
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