Linda Hofer
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Kate Moore:
Thank you for writing this book. Years ago in the 1980s I took care of a patient who had been a radium dial painter and lost her arm in her 20s because of it. I always remembered her because it was such an unusual thing, and curiosity about others that did this kind of work led me to your book. I immediately recognized her. It was truly horrifying to see how many others were sick or died from dial painting. No ? here
Kate Moore
Dear Linda. Thank you for your comment, for reading the book - and of course for caring for the dial-painters, both in your work and in your mind. Kate x
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A Goodreads user
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Kate Moore:
Kate have you ever seen the movie Radium city (1987)? Thanks for answering my question.
Gary Aubry
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Kate Moore:
No question, Kate. Just praise. This was such an insightful book. I didn't know what women faced in those times, and who, frankly, still face many of the same challenges. Congress has still yet to pass the ERA! In any case, thank you so much for letting us into the life of Elizabeth Packard. By the way, isn't Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written?
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