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"A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned - they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against...
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Umbriel Editores
Pub. Date
2019,©2019.
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506 pages ; 23 cm
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"Una novela que desaf?a a los lectores a reflexionar sobre sus propias creencias y prejuicios racistas. Seg?n la cr?tica, esta es la novela m?s importante de una de las autoras best seller m?s comprometida del momento. Jodi Picoult es ?nica moviendo conciencias y haciendo reflexionar al lector sobre temas pol?micos, como el racismo en Estados Unidos. Ruth Jefferson es enfermera en la sala de partos de un hospital de Connecticut, una profesional con...
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Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
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271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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A groundbreaking figure in every sense of the word, Susie King Taylor (1848-1912) was one of the first Black nurses during the Civil War, tending to the wounded soldiers of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Afterward, she was a key figure in establishing a postbellum educational system for formerly bonded Black people, opening several dedicated schools in Georgia. Taylor was also one of the first Black women to publish her memoirs....
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