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Season of Iron is an historical literary mystery that follows two stories: Dr. Rebecca Temple in 1979 Toronto and in alternating chapters, Dr. Frederika Eisenbaum, a Jewish doctor in 1930s Berlin during the Nazi rise to power.
Rebecca follows a trail that begins when the schizophrenic homeless woman she tries to help is killed. From the German fencing instructor in whose backyard the victim lived, to an Egyptian physician in town developing a drug from snake venom, nobody is who they appear to be. In the 1930s story, the Eisenbaum family struggles to survive in Berlin while the Nazis relentlessly strip away the basic rights of Jews in Germany. The youngest child, Frederika, becomes a doctor against all odds, but as the Nazi grip tightens around Germany’s Jews, she loses the right to practice, and is finally sent to a concentration camp. The two stories, Rebecca’s and Frederika’s, connect with a startling conclusion.
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