The Resource The lobotomist's wife : a novel, Samantha Greene Woodruff
The lobotomist's wife : a novel, Samantha Greene Woodruff
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- Summary
- "Since her brother took his life after WWI, Ruth Emeraldine has had one goal: to help those suffering from mental illness. Then she falls in love with charismatic Robert Apter--a brilliant doctor championing a radical new treatment, the lobotomy. Ruth believes in it as a miracle treatment and in Robert as its genius pioneer. But as her husband spirals into deluded megalomania, Ruth can't ignore her growing suspicions. Robert is operating on patients recklessly, often with horrific results. And a vulnerable young mother, Margaret Baxter, is poised to be his next victim. Margaret can barely get out of bed, let alone care for her infant. When Dr. Apter diagnoses her with the baby blues and proposes a lobotomy, she believes the procedure is her only hope. Only Ruth can save her--and scores of others--from the harrowing consequences of Robert's ambitions. Inspired by a shocking chapter in medical history, The Lobotomist's Wife is a galvanizing novel of a woman fighting against the most grievous odds, of ego, and of the best intentions gone horribly awry"--Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 290 pages
- Note
- Includes questions for book clubs
- Isbn
- 9781542036214
- Label
- The lobotomist's wife : a novel
- Title
- The lobotomist's wife
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Samantha Greene Woodruff
- Title variation
- lobotomists wife
- Subject
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- Frontal lobotomy -- Fiction
- trueHelpfulness in women
- Historical fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Medical fiction
- trueMental health
- trueMental illness
- trueAmbition in men
- truePhysicians
- Physicians' spouses -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Neurosurgeons -- Fiction
- trueFrontal lobotomy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Since her brother took his life after WWI, Ruth Emeraldine has had one goal: to help those suffering from mental illness. Then she falls in love with charismatic Robert Apter--a brilliant doctor championing a radical new treatment, the lobotomy. Ruth believes in it as a miracle treatment and in Robert as its genius pioneer. But as her husband spirals into deluded megalomania, Ruth can't ignore her growing suspicions. Robert is operating on patients recklessly, often with horrific results. And a vulnerable young mother, Margaret Baxter, is poised to be his next victim. Margaret can barely get out of bed, let alone care for her infant. When Dr. Apter diagnoses her with the baby blues and proposes a lobotomy, she believes the procedure is her only hope. Only Ruth can save her--and scores of others--from the harrowing consequences of Robert's ambitions. Inspired by a shocking chapter in medical history, The Lobotomist's Wife is a galvanizing novel of a woman fighting against the most grievous odds, of ego, and of the best intentions gone horribly awry"--Publisher's description
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- 11046630
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Woodruff, Samantha Greene
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Physicians' spouses
- Frontal lobotomy
- Man-woman relationships
- Neurosurgeons
- Label
- The lobotomist's wife : a novel, Samantha Greene Woodruff
- Note
- Includes questions for book clubs
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9781542036214
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)on1280604041
- (OCoLC)1280604041
- Label
- The lobotomist's wife : a novel, Samantha Greene Woodruff
- Note
- Includes questions for book clubs
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9781542036214
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)on1280604041
- (OCoLC)1280604041
Subject
- Frontal lobotomy -- Fiction
- trueHelpfulness in women
- Historical fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Medical fiction
- trueMental health
- trueMental illness
- trueAmbition in men
- truePhysicians
- Physicians' spouses -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Neurosurgeons -- Fiction
- trueFrontal lobotomy
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