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Camille Deangelis
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Mary Modern: A Novel |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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350 |
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2007-07-09 |
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0307352587 |
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Crown |
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1.6 pounds |
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6.5 x 8.9 x 1.5 inches |
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0 |
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Product Description
Lucy Morrigan, a young genetic researcher, lives with her boyfriend, Gray, and an odd collection of tenants in her crumbling family mansion. Surrounded by four generations of clothes, photographs, furniture, and other remnants of past lives, Lucy and Gray’s home life is strangely out of touch with the modern world—except for Lucy’s high-tech lab in the basement.
Frustrated by her unsuccessful attempts to attain motherhood or tenure, Lucy takes drastic measures to achieve both. Using a bloodstained scrap of an apron found in the attic, Lucy successfully clones her grandmother Mary. But rather than conjuring a new baby, Lucy brings to life a twenty-two-year-old Mary, who is confused and disoriented when she finds herself trapped in the strangest sort of déjà vu: alive in a home that is no longer her own, surrounded by reminders of a life she has already lived but doesn’t remember.
A remarkable debut novel, Mary Modern turns an unflinching eye on the joyous, heartbreaking, and utterly unexpected consequences of human desire.
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SouthernYankee (USA: TN) (2008/01/21):
It is very different theme - cloning and I didn't dislike it, but it was strange. A friend who read it said it gave her nightmares, but it's not a horror story.
Sarah Miller (USA: WI) (2010/03/16):
Well-written, compelling, and thoughtful, this novel is a mixture scientific themes, love of family, one woman's search (for both a child and meaning), and what ultimately happens when our desires change the course of our lives. Cloning is part of the story, yes, but I would never call it the theme of the book. Thought-provoking and great for discussions.
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