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 156
... death camps , dying of history , dying reluc- tant , dying angry . All , all , dragged to death as at the horse's tail ? What was the point of all the dead ? Faro moaned and rocked and put the pillow over her head for comfort . She was ...
... death camps , dying of history , dying reluc- tant , dying angry . All , all , dragged to death as at the horse's tail ? What was the point of all the dead ? Faro moaned and rocked and put the pillow over her head for comfort . She was ...
Page 296
... death itself . But death is greedy , and death is persist- ent . Death is not vanquished yet . A hawk flutters over them , as , fortified , they climb the last stretch to the cave mouth . Shall they dare to enter ? Faro had barked her ...
... death itself . But death is greedy , and death is persist- ent . Death is not vanquished yet . A hawk flutters over them , as , fortified , they climb the last stretch to the cave mouth . Shall they dare to enter ? Faro had barked her ...
Page 316
... death noisily in the restaurant , or suffered a stroke by the fruit machines , or fallen down a stairwell and broken a limb . She had not thrown herself overboard , or drowned in her bath . Such things had happened . Mrs Barron had ...
... death noisily in the restaurant , or suffered a stroke by the fruit machines , or fallen down a stairwell and broken a limb . She had not thrown herself overboard , or drowned in her bath . Such things had happened . Mrs Barron had ...
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