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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... South Yorkshire . Here they gather , the descendants . Where have they all come from , and who has summoned them ? Is this a religious occasion ? Are we about to hear a sermon ? Sermons hang heavy in the air , for in this hall the ...
... South Yorkshire . Here they gather , the descendants . Where have they all come from , and who has summoned them ? Is this a religious occasion ? Are we about to hear a sermon ? Sermons hang heavy in the air , for in this hall the ...
Page 191
... South Yorkshire again . In the fifties , she had managed to escape Yorkshire altogether , for when Robert was eighteen and Chrissie fifteen Joe Barron took silk , and as a Queen's Counsel he was no longer expected to live near his old ...
... South Yorkshire again . In the fifties , she had managed to escape Yorkshire altogether , for when Robert was eighteen and Chrissie fifteen Joe Barron took silk , and as a Queen's Counsel he was no longer expected to live near his old ...
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... South Yorkshire sun . He wears a golden bracelet on one bony wrist and a small earring in one ear . ' Hi ! ' says Steve , bounding at her 271.
... South Yorkshire sun . He wears a golden bracelet on one bony wrist and a small earring in one ear . ' Hi ! ' says Steve , bounding at her 271.
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