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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.
Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie
5.0
I listened to this one and I swear before I knew it the book was over! I got totally caught up in the story! This reminded me a bit of the show #Reservationdogs but with a more serious tone.
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Syd is an archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. She gets a call to investigate two missing one women, and one is the women is her sister. Syd returns to the home she swore to never return to after the night that haunts her dreams. She needs to face that traumatizing night head on as her past meets her present.
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Huge thank you to @berkleypub @berittalksbooks @thephdivabooks @dg_reads @prhaudio and @netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
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