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 104
... glass or Bakelite . But it was hard to know where to turn . His mother sympathized with his aspirations , and maybe she would wear his father down in time . But how much time was there ? How late could one wait to apply for a university ...
... glass or Bakelite . But it was hard to know where to turn . His mother sympathized with his aspirations , and maybe she would wear his father down in time . But how much time was there ? How late could one wait to apply for a university ...
Page 387
... glass beads with broken clasps , a rubber - banded scroll of out - of - date banknotes , a little leather child's purse of coins , a tortoiseshell hairpin , an amber cigarette holder and a silver napkin ring with the initials DCB ...
... glass beads with broken clasps , a rubber - banded scroll of out - of - date banknotes , a little leather child's purse of coins , a tortoiseshell hairpin , an amber cigarette holder and a silver napkin ring with the initials DCB ...
Page 388
... glass , look more like tiny teeth than jewels . In the centre of the pearls is set a tiny square of pale green glass . It does not even pretend to be an emerald . Faro feels sorry for the poor ring , and for her grandmother . Bert ...
... glass , look more like tiny teeth than jewels . In the centre of the pearls is set a tiny square of pale green glass . It does not even pretend to be an emerald . Faro feels sorry for the poor ring , and for her grandmother . Bert ...
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