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A review by megs004
The Woman With the Cure by Lynn Cullen
3.0
The Woman with the Cure is a fictional account of the life of Dorothy Hortsman. The book focuses on her journey to find the cure or a preventative for Polio from the time she joined Vanderbilt and, through trial and error, helped create a vaccine that would help millions of people.
First, I loved that the author, Lynn Cutter, featured a woman scientist. Women in STEAM roles are often overlooked by their male colleagues, so it was refreshing to see a story about an empowering woman in the science field who was determined to save lives.
The story itself was fascinating and a topic I did not know about before reading this book. Due to being in a worldwide pandemic for the last few years, I was immediately invested in the story and how it paralleled my world today. However, the writing was so slow-paced that I lost interest in the book as the book dragged on. The story could have been delivered better, but it was still fascinating to see the science behind making a vaccine.
Thank you to NetGallery and Berkley Publishing for giving me a copy of the book.
First, I loved that the author, Lynn Cutter, featured a woman scientist. Women in STEAM roles are often overlooked by their male colleagues, so it was refreshing to see a story about an empowering woman in the science field who was determined to save lives.
The story itself was fascinating and a topic I did not know about before reading this book. Due to being in a worldwide pandemic for the last few years, I was immediately invested in the story and how it paralleled my world today. However, the writing was so slow-paced that I lost interest in the book as the book dragged on. The story could have been delivered better, but it was still fascinating to see the science behind making a vaccine.
Thank you to NetGallery and Berkley Publishing for giving me a copy of the book.