The Secret Clinic on Downtown Broadway - Walker, Gloria S
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This story is a well-researched historical fiction about an abortionist who practiced during the 1940s in Portland, Oregon. The protagonist Lauren Martin becomes pregnant out of wedlock and loses her partner, Ben, in WWII. She supports her daughter and Ben's mother Mary, a staunch Irish Catholic, by developing a career as an abortionist. Her mentor and practice partner is Dr Claire Kerridan, a character loosely modeled after Dr Ruth Barnett, the well-known Portland abortionist. As Lauren's practice grows successful, increasing friction develops between Lauren and Mary as their values clash.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This story is a well-researched historical fiction about an abortionist who practiced during the 1940s in Portland, Oregon. The protagonist Lauren Martin becomes pregnant out of wedlock and loses her partner, Ben, in WWII. She supports her daughter and Ben's mother Mary, a staunch Irish Catholic, by developing a career as an abortionist. Her mentor and practice partner is Dr Claire Kerridan, a character loosely modeled after Dr Ruth Barnett, the well-known Portland abortionist. As Lauren's practice grows successful, increasing friction develops between Lauren and Mary as their values clash. Lauren battles the legal system as well as the Church. An intelligent, progressive woman, Lauren also develops a love relationship with a famous journalist, Dan Carter, who combats her adversaries through the press.
Autorenporträt
In the 1940's, Ms Walker attended Vanport College (which became PSU). She then went on to complete her Master's degree and work on a doctorate at PSU in the 1960's. She has been in the same women's writing group within the Portland, Oregon area for over two decades and is now in her late 80s.