Kirjahaku

Fifteen-year-old Anna Glanz has stopped speaking in the wake of her brother's death, and it's up to psychiatrist Gus Thaler to find out why. Thaler's attempts to cure Anna take him deep in the past to a mystical rabbi-healer who once treated Anna's grandmother. But ultimately fifty years later, as Anna lies dying, her daughter uncovers the truth her mother still can't bring herself to say. Wolf Constellation delivers a moving story of mothers and daughters, guilt and forgiveness. Written by the Pushcart Prize nominee author of Choke Creek, the novel weaves together a vivid tale that is at once realistic and darkly mysterious. With its rich exploration of family secrets, Wolf Constellation casts an unblinking eye on the forces that make us who we are--and are so difficult to escape.

What makes healers become killers? Inspired by the life of Dr. Leo Alexander, a principal author of the Nuremberg Code, The Eye Begins to See delivers a compelling story of historical insight and psychological intrigue. In 1946 Leo Alexander, Viennese psychiatrist and Jewish refugee, returns to Europe to serve as chief medical counsel to the American prosecution at the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial. There he confronts Karl Brandt, Hitler's chief physician, who has been accused of medical war crimes. Alexander's attempt to understand the psychology of Brandt, and the other Nazi doctors on the docket, shakes him to the core, forcing him to question everything he knows about his scientific principles, ethics, and personal identity. Ultimately he recognizes the need for a universally accepted code of medical ethics in human subject research, leading him to become an author of the Nuremberg Code. This unique book tells the story of Leo Alexander and the genesis of the Nuremberg Code through a blend of historical fact and the imagination. Readers learn about the origins of the system of ethics guiding our current research with human subjects, why medical ethics are so necessary, and the challenges in creating and implementing them. In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in the medical profession in the medical humanities. Educators are actively searching for ways to incorporate art and literature in medical training. The Eye Begins to See is an excellent vehicle for a creative approach to teaching medical ethics and humanism.

At the heart of Lauren Small's soaring new novel is a murder mystery set in Baltimore in 1918, and the love of two remarkable women. Psychologist Josie Berenson defends a young Black man who has confessed to murder while her partner, Dr. Nell Winters, confronts an influenza epidemic that rapidly kills thousands. Their search for justice and healing is complicated by a city riven by race, at a time when loving a member of your own sex is a crime. The path forward, they discover, is fraught with difficulty, but still offers reasons for hope. Delivered by a master story-teller, The Hanging of Ruben Ashford reveals fault lines in a great American city that still reverberate today.