Cover of Orphan #8

Book 2015

Orphan #8

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Language
English
Published
2015
  • Jewish orphans
  • Fiction
  • Revenge
  • Fiction, historical, general
  • New york (n.y.), fiction
  • Jews, fiction
  • Fiction, medical
  • Jewish families

In 1919, four-year-old Rachel Rabinowitz is placed in the Hebrew Infant Home where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research on the children. Dr. Solomon subjects Rachel to an experimental course of X-ray treatments that establish the doctor's reputation while risking the little girl's health. Now it's 1954, and Rachel is a nurse in the hospice wing of the Old Hebrews Home when elderly Dr. Solomon becomes her patient. Realizing the power she holds over the helpless doctor, Rachel embarks on a dangerous experiment of her own design. Before the night shift ends, Rachel will be forced to choose between forgiveness and revenge.