The Peppered MothA portrait of four generations of one family, this story explores themes of inheritance, DNA, the individual's place in history and fate. It spans from Bessie Bawtry, a small child living in a Yorkshire mining town in 1905, to her granddaughter, listening to a lecture on genetic inheritance. |
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Page 186
... Chrissie suspected . Bessie convinced herself that it was quite safe for Robert and Chrissie to walk or take the bus or tram alone . She even sent Chrissie , aged seven , down to the shops for her . And it is fair to say that the ...
... Chrissie suspected . Bessie convinced herself that it was quite safe for Robert and Chrissie to walk or take the bus or tram alone . She even sent Chrissie , aged seven , down to the shops for her . And it is fair to say that the ...
Page 193
... Chrissie , charged to pick lettuce from the garden and wash it for supper , had failed to give satisfaction . The leaves , said Bessie , were dirty . They're not dirty , said Chrissie mildly , they're a bit bruised , that's all . Dirty ...
... Chrissie , charged to pick lettuce from the garden and wash it for supper , had failed to give satisfaction . The leaves , said Bessie , were dirty . They're not dirty , said Chrissie mildly , they're a bit bruised , that's all . Dirty ...
Page 256
... Chrissie had asked her father for advice about a divorce , and he had helped to arrange it . He was less worried about her at this stage than he had been earlier , for Chrissie had showed considerable powers of survival . She had even ...
... Chrissie had asked her father for advice about a divorce , and he had helped to arrange it . He was less worried about her at this stage than he had been earlier , for Chrissie had showed considerable powers of survival . She had even ...
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