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Half Life (Large Print Edition)
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- ISBN
- 9780063063105
- EAN
- 9780063063105
- Book Title
- Half Life : a Novel
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Features
- Large Type
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Contemporary Women, Literary, Biographical
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 17.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 528 Pages
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The USA Today bestselling author of In Another Time reimagines the pioneering, passionate life of Marie Curie using a parallel structure to create two alternative timelines, one that mirrors her real life, one that explores the consequences for Marie and for science if she'd made a different choice. In Poland in 1891, Marie Curie (then Marya Sklodowska) was engaged to a budding mathematician, Kazimierz Zorawski. But when his mother insisted she was too poor and not good enough, he broke off the engagement. A heartbroken Marya left Poland for Paris, where she would attend the Sorbonne to study chemistry and physics. Eventually Marie Curie would go on to change the course of science forever and be the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.But what if she had made a different choice? What if she had stayed in Poland, married Kazimierz at the age of twenty-four, and never attended the Sorbonne or discovered radium? What if she had chosen a life of domesticity with a constant hunger for knowledge in Russian Poland where education for women was restricted, instead of studying science in Paris and meeting Pierre Curie? Entwining Marie Curie's real story with Marya Zorawska's fictional one, Half Life explores loves lost and destinies unfulfilled--and probes issues of loyalty and identity, gender and class, motherhood and sisterhood, fame and anonymity, scholarship and knowledge. Through parallel contrasting versions of Marya's life, Jillian Cantor's unique historical novel asks what would have happened if a great scientific mind was denied opportunity and access to education. It examines how the lives of one remarkable woman and the people she loved - as well as the world at large and course of science and history--might have been irrevocably changed in ways both great and small.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0063063107
ISBN-13
9780063063105
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23050038010
Product Key Features
Book Title
Half Life : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Large Type
Topic
Contemporary Women, Literary, Biographical
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
17.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Edition Description
Large Type / Large Print Edition
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Jillian Cantor's beautifully written Half Life is a poignant exploration of ambition, family, gender, and love. I couldn't put down this tender, nuanced, and inspiring novel. This is a book for anyone who's ever been torn by conflicting passions and loyalties; in other words, this is a book for all of us. A dazzling must-read., "Jillian Cantor's beautifully written Half Life is a poignant exploration of ambition, family, gender, and love. I couldn't put down this tender, nuanced, and inspiring novel. This is a book for anyone who's ever been torn by conflicting passions and loyalties; in other words, this is a book for all of us. A dazzling must-read." -- Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation "In her riveting new novel, Half Life, Jillian Cantor explores not only the fascinating inner life of the famous scientist Marie Curie but also the life that might have been if she'd chosen love over science in her early years, a determination that would have irrevocably altered the face of science and history. This thoughtful, compelling story delves into issues faced by modern women, while inviting readers to ruminate on their own life choices and the domino-effect of those decisions." -- Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling author of Lady Clementine and The Only Woman in the Room "Thought-provoking, skillfully written, and hard to put down." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Cantor has created an absorbing biographical novel and performed an engaging riff on the "what if" ponderings we all experience." -- Booklist "In a time when many of us are more tuned in to scientific advances than we've ever been before, this reimagining of what might happen if pioneering scientist Marie Curie had taken a different path is just what the doctor ordered." -- Good Housekeeping "Cantor's details of language, customs, and how people interact in those times and places are spot on." -- Historical Novel Society, Cantor's details of language, customs, and how people interact in those times and places are spot on., In a time when many of us are more tuned in to scientific advances than we've ever been before, this reimagining of what might happen if pioneering scientist Marie Curie had taken a different path is just what the doctor ordered.
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Dewey Edition
23
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