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WOW! Amanda Skenandore, the Author of “When No One Else Will” has written a powerful, emotional, memorable and captivating, Historical Fiction Novel. The Genres for this novel are: Historical Fiction Novel, Medical Fiction, Sociology Reference, Family Fiction, Sisterhood, and Fiction. In this well-written and highly researched novel, Amanda Skenandore vividly describes the landscape, plot, and the dramatic characters. The characters can be described as complex, complicated, flawed, determined, each with his/her set of problems. The timeline for this novel is set in between 1939 and the 1940’s. This is based on a true story.
The female protagonist, Mimi Lukas is forced to look for work, when her husband Stan, a famous Baseball player gets a broken leg. In Chicago, in 1939, while Europe is facing the War, it is financially difficult to survive.. Mimi’s refrigerator is repossessed, and she worries about her home and food for her children and her mother-in-law. Mimi has been a nurse and tries to go back to her occupation. She is given the opportunity to work in a women’s clinic, where illegal procedures are done. The office is warm and clean, but there are always threats. Mimi feels that women’s healthcare is important, and is deeply concerned about the women or children that come there. There are lawmakers, such as the police, who are paid to look away. The patients are treated compassionately, but it is emphasized that whatever happens in the office stays in the office.
As the political climate changes, there is a greater chance and danger of closing clinics down, and the participants facing criminal charges and time in jail. Mimi has formed a sisterhood with other nurses and doctors, as well as the women who had no where to go, when they were in trouble. I appreciate how the author discusses the war for fair health justice for women, and the courage that the health care workers had. I highly recommend this thought-provoking and memorable book to others.
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