The Secret Clinic on Downtown Broadway

by Gloria S Walker

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643160540
• ISBN13: 9781643160542
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Viejo Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"