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Orphan #8Kim Van Alkemade

Orphan #8

Kim Van Alkemade, Kim van Alkemade
2015381 pages
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In 1919, four-year-old Rachel Rabinowitz is placed in the Hebrew Infant Home where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research on the children. Dr. Solomon subjects Rachel to an experimental course of X-ray treatments that establish the doctor's reputation while risking the little girl's health. Now it's 1954, and Rachel is a nurse in the hospice wing of the Old Hebrews Home when elderly Dr. Solomon becomes her patient. Realizing the power she holds over the helpless doctor, Rachel embarks on a dangerous experiment of her own design. Before the night shift ends, Rachel will be forced…

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3 editions
  • Other · English · 2016
    Cengage Gale · 9781410489562
  • Other · English · 2015
    HarperCollins Publishers Inc · 381 pages · 9780062338303
  • Other · English · 2015
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780062338310
Jewish orphansFictionRevengeHuman experimentation in medicineFiction, historical, generalNew york (n.y.), fictionJews, fictionFiction, medical