Lynn Cullen Bücher

»Ich bin beeindruckt von dieser Wissenschaftlerin, die viel zu lange übersehen worden ist - ein kluge, mutige und großherzige Frau.« Andrea Sawatzki Vanderbilt-Hospital, Nashville 1940: Dr. Dorothy Millicent Horstmann fällt auf unter den Ärzten der Klinik. Sie ist 1,85 m groß. Und sie ist eine Frau – meistens die einzige im Raum. Dorothy hat Großes vor: Sie will die Kinderlähmung bezwingen, die so viel Leid im ganzen Land verursacht. Zu viele Patienten hat sie in der Eisernen Lunge um Luft ringen und sterben sehen. Dorothy kennt nur ein Ziel: das Polio-Virus auszulöschen, durch Heilung oder einen Impfstoff. Die berühmten Forscher in ihrem Umfeld zweifeln an ihrer These zur Ausbreitung des Virus im Körper, aber sie wird ihnen beweisen, dass sie recht hat – um jeden Preis. Im Rennen gegen die Zeit wird sie zur Pionierin, die ihr privates Glück und ihr eigenes Leben aufs Spiel setzt. »Ohne Dr. Dorothy Horstmann hätte es nie einen Impfstoff gegeben. Einen großen Applaus für dieses Buch, das Dorothys brillante Arbeit in den Vordergrund rückt – und uns an Frauen in der Wissenschaft erinnert.« Bonnie Garmus, Autorin des Bestsellers »Eine Frage der Chemie«

Struggling to support her family in mid-19th-century New York, writer Frances Osgood makes an unexpected connection with literary master Edgar Allan Poe and finds her survival complicated by her intense attraction to the writer and the scheming manipulations of his wife.

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With her mother dead of the plague, and her beloved brother newly married and moved away, Cornelia van Rijn finds herself without a friend or confidante―save her difficult father. Out of favor with Amsterdam's elite, and considered brash and unreasonable by his patrons, Rembrandt van Rijn, once revered, is now teetering on the brink of madness. Cornelia alone must care for him, though she herself is haunted by secrets and scandal. Her only happiness comes in chance meetings with Carel, the son of a wealthy shipping magnate whose passion for art stirs Cornelia. And then there is Neel, her father's last remaining pupil, whose steadfast devotion to Rembrandt both baffles and touches her. Based on historical fact, and filled with family dramas and a love triangle that would make Jane Austen proud, I Am Rembrandt's Daughter is a powerful account of a young woman's struggle to come of age within the shadow of one of the world's most brilliant and complicated artists.

Ruth juggles the challenges of raising four daughters and managing the family farm alone while her husband lies in a coma. Yearning for the life of her glamorous sister June, who enjoys a successful career and a luxurious lifestyle, Ruth's envy is complicated by June's long-standing resentment over their shared past and her feelings for John. Their unexpected reunion forces both sisters to confront unresolved tensions and deep-seated emotions, setting the stage for a dramatic reckoning.

Biografisk roman. A fictionalized imagining of the personal life of Mark Twain. In March of 1909, Mark Twain cheerfully blessed the wedding of his private secretary, Isabel V. Lyon, and his business manager, Ralph Ashcroft. One month later, he fired both. He proceeded to write a ferocious 429-page rant about the pair. Twain and his daughter, Clara Clemens, then slandered Isabel in the newspapers, erasing her nearly seven years of devoted service to their family. How did Lyon go from being the beloved secretary who ran Twain's life to a woman he was determined to destroy?

Eleanor's struggle to fit in at her new school takes an unexpected turn when she finds out her backyard is haunted by a Civil War ghost. As she navigates the challenges of adolescence and social dynamics, the ghostly presence adds a layer of intrigue and complexity to her journey. This unique blend of coming-of-age themes and historical elements explores Eleanor's quest for acceptance while uncovering the mysteries of the past.