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Taking the Cure

Taking the Cure

Taggart, Sarah R.

Paperback

Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction

Publisher Price: $10.95

ISBN10: 0595378900
ISBN13: 9780595378906
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Mar 7 2006
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.29 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In 1945, tuberculosis was known as 'the white plague and was one of the world's leading causes of death. Victims were confined to sanatoriums under the control of state laws, and they were not allowed to leave.

After she is diagnosed with tuberculosis, fourteen-year-old Betsy is taken from her home and forced to undergo treatment. For four years she remains in the hospital under punitive rules 'more like a prison than most prisons. At the age of eighteen, faced with disfiguring surgery called thorcoplasty that will leave her with a caved-in chest, Betsy manages to escape from the hospital. With the help of new friends she bravely creates a covert life for herself.

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