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Origins of the Universe and What It All Means

By Carole , Firstman

Book information

Publisher
Dzanc Books
Year
2016
ISBN
9781941088722, 1941088724
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1276769 bytes)
Pages
157 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

In her debut memoir, Carole Firstman traces her strained relationship with her eccentric and distant father, a gifted biology professor whose research on scorpions may have contributed to the evolutionary theories of Stephen Jay Gould. Through unexpected forms#x97;from footnotes and diagrams to startling love letters and Saturday morning cartoons#x97;Firstman struggles to reconnect with her estranged father and redefine herself as both a grown woman and a daughter. Part travel narrative, part cultural commentary, this genre-bending memoir contemplates the nature of parent-child relationships, the evol.

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