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 80
... felt very much up against it when she had first left her parents ' home in little Rawmarsh for the big city of Leeds , and it had taken her a whole term to make real friends there . And as for her first weeks at the University of ...
... felt very much up against it when she had first left her parents ' home in little Rawmarsh for the big city of Leeds , and it had taken her a whole term to make real friends there . And as for her first weeks at the University of ...
Page 117
... felt sure . And she was not delicate like Bessie . Perhaps Bessie was ill , really ill ? Was it meningitis , rheumatic fever , heart disease ? She felt hot to the touch , but her temperature remained normal . What did that mean ? Was ...
... felt sure . And she was not delicate like Bessie . Perhaps Bessie was ill , really ill ? Was it meningitis , rheumatic fever , heart disease ? She felt hot to the touch , but her temperature remained normal . What did that mean ? Was ...
Page 350
... felt ill . She'd had an aspirin , but she still felt ill . Chrissie feels guilty for suspecting that Dora is saying all this because she knows Chrissie is about to fly off to Australia . She prevaricates , says she'll be home soon , and ...
... felt ill . She'd had an aspirin , but she still felt ill . Chrissie feels guilty for suspecting that Dora is saying all this because she knows Chrissie is about to fly off to Australia . She prevaricates , says she'll be home soon , and ...
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