A review by vlaniganfoffimreading
The Woman With the Cure by Lynn Cullen

Utterly fascinating look at the woman who changed the world at the onset of the Polio pandemic. The beginning of this book felt horrifyingly reminiscent of the pandemic shut down. She writes how they drove past the pool so the kids would believe it was actually closed. How true this was so many times during the pandemic with kids. Most simply could not grasp that everything was truly shut down. 

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I honestly did not know much about the Polio outbreak and soon the country’s finest doctors are in a race against time to find a cure or vaccine….sound familiar? Anyway, Dr. Dorothy Hortsmann was often the only woman in the room. This is a historical fiction tale of what is given up and sacrificed in the name of medicine. When I was done I did a deep dive into the real Dr and truly fascinating.

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Huge thank you to @berkleypub @berittalksbooks @thephdivabooks  @dg_reads and @netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.