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 194
... able to say , to schoolfriends , ' My mother's rather ill , I'm afraid . ' In later years , Chrissie decided that the eminent specialist had been a bloody fool . Would a better doctor have come up with better advice ? Would a worse ...
... able to say , to schoolfriends , ' My mother's rather ill , I'm afraid . ' In later years , Chrissie decided that the eminent specialist had been a bloody fool . Would a better doctor have come up with better advice ? Would a worse ...
Page 332
... able to drive it away very easily . How can he have got up enough speed in such slow traffic to slam into her with such force ? The madman , having switched off his engine , returns to the attack . By now Faro has pulled herself ...
... able to drive it away very easily . How can he have got up enough speed in such slow traffic to slam into her with such force ? The madman , having switched off his engine , returns to the attack . By now Faro has pulled herself ...
Page 381
... able to go home to Swinton Road and to her cat Minton . She would not be able to live by herself again . The list of registered care homes picked up by Faro at the Wardale Hospital came in handy . At first , Chrissie was sur- prised by ...
... able to go home to Swinton Road and to her cat Minton . She would not be able to live by herself again . The list of registered care homes picked up by Faro at the Wardale Hospital came in handy . At first , Chrissie was sur- prised by ...
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