Jennifer Vanderbes
Author
Publisher
Dial Press
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
304 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The centuries-old mysteries and haunting past of Easter Island become catalysts for the parallel quests of two young women, separated by sixty years of history as they confront discoveries about themselves and the people they love.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xvii, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When the application for a new sedative called Kevadon--commonly known as thalidomide--landed on Frances Kelsey's desk at the FDA in 1960, it seemed destined to sail through the review process. The drug, billed as entirely risk-free, was already being sold in forty-six countries. But when Kelsey learned that the drug caused terrible birth defects, she and a team of dedicated doctors, parents, and journalists fought Merrell, the drug's American manufacturer,...
