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 103
... hoped her health would be good enough to let her go to Cambridge . She gazed at him earnestly from innocent eyes . ' Of course it will , ' said Joe with conviction . ' Anyway , it's just got to be . You can't waste a big chance like ...
... hoped her health would be good enough to let her go to Cambridge . She gazed at him earnestly from innocent eyes . ' Of course it will , ' said Joe with conviction . ' Anyway , it's just got to be . You can't waste a big chance like ...
Page 125
... hoped and expected , as others had hoped and expected . She , who had always been top of the class , had to be satisfied with what was colloquially known as a " Two Two ' - a Class Two , Division Two pass . But she had passed , and she ...
... hoped and expected , as others had hoped and expected . She , who had always been top of the class , had to be satisfied with what was colloquially known as a " Two Two ' - a Class Two , Division Two pass . But she had passed , and she ...
Page 356
... hoped at first it was just aeroplane fever , but it accompanied her from Heathrow to the Cotswolds , and climbed into bed with her at Queen's Norton . She lay there , feeling sorry for herself . She didn't cancel Faro , because it was ...
... hoped at first it was just aeroplane fever , but it accompanied her from Heathrow to the Cotswolds , and climbed into bed with her at Queen's Norton . She lay there , feeling sorry for herself . She didn't cancel Faro , because it was ...
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