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April 26, 1986, will forever be etched in the memory of Dr. Alla Shapiro.
Dispatched to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine, she recalls the eerie silence as she treated traumatized children amid an emerging nuclear nightmare. Forced to participate in what she refers to as a government-perpetrated misinformation campaign, and after enduring years of Antisemitism in her workplace, she and her family fled the Soviet Union.
After a harrowing journey to the United States, and the complicated process of becoming a doctor for the second time in a new country, Dr. Shapiro is now one of the world’s leading experts in the development of medical countermeasures against radiation exposure.
A personal account of one of the world’s largest modern disasters, her story is almost beyond belief.
“Alla Shapiro took me along on her odyssey, from the Soviet Union to the streets of Washington, DC, from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to the COVID-19 pandemic, all the while filling me with emotion and having me marvel at the human capacity to resettle and build a better life."
— Boris Lushniak, MD
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The Arts + Ideas Book of the Month is a collection of books with intriguing topics, characters, and stories for book-club-style conversations that will allow the community to engage personally with some of this season’s most exciting authors. Have questions? Feel free to reach out for more information!
Hunter Thomas Director, Arts + Ideas HThomas@UJFT.org 757-965-6137
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