The woman with the cure / Lynn Cullen.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593438060
- ISBN: 059343806X
- Physical Description: 409 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Berkley, 2023.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes readers guide.
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- Horstmann, Dorothy M. (Dorothy Millicent), 1911-2001 > Fiction.
Virologists > United States > Biography > Fiction.
Poliomyelitis > United States > Prevention > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Vaccines > Fiction.
Women microbiologists > United States > Fiction. - Genre:
- Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Biographies.
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- 28 of 28 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Statesville Main Library | F CULLEN (Text) | 33114018610915 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Cullen (Text) | 31010000805087 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F CUL (Text) | 50503300476977 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bath Community Library | FIC (Text) | 38344101721775 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | F CUL (Text) | 0020660042837 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F CULLEN (Text) | 22281500153854 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | F CULLEN (Text) | 31781067750487 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | F CUL (Text) | 0020660055938 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Regional Library | F CULLEN (Text) | 31781068649605 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Etowah Branch | CUL (Text) | 33258010239622 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
