Bonnie Garmus, New York Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
So huge applause to The Woman With the Cure for bringing Dorothy's brilliant work to the forefront -and for reminding us that women have always been in science -despite those who would pretend otherwise.”
Dorothy Horstmann, there never would have been a vaccine in the first place. “Everyone knows Sabin and Salk created the polio vaccine, but without the work of Dr. Dorothy Horstmann and her contemporaries deserve their place in America’s medical hall of fame and Lynn Cullen’s resurrection has done them justice.” Reviews “The Woman with the Cure is a scrupulously researched history lesson wrapped up in a modern exploration of the evolving role women have played in society. 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. This discovery of hers, and an error by a competitor, catapults her closest colleague to a lead in the race. 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. The man who succeeds will be a god.īut Dorothy Horstmann is not focused on beating her colleagues to the vaccine. Some of the world’s best minds are engaged in the race to find a vaccine. Outbreaks of the virus across the country regularly put American cities in lockdown. No one’s life is untouched by this disease that kills or paralyzes its victims, particularly children. In 1940s and ’50s America, polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb. She gave up everything - and changed the world.Ī riveting novel based on the true story of the woman who stopped a pandemic, from the bestselling author of Mrs. "Huge applause. women have always been in science-despite those who would pretend otherwise.” -Bonnie Garmus, New York Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
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