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William Morrow
March 2019
On Sale: March 12, 2019
256 pages
ISBN: 0062857819
EAN: 9780062857811
Kindle: B0796THJX6
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Science Fiction | Women's Fiction
A powerful debut novel—a wonderfully engaging infusion of
Lab Girl, The Assistants, and Eleanor Oliphant
Is Completely Fine—that pits the ambition of scientific
discovery against the siren call of love. How does smell work? Specifically, how do olfactory sensory
neurons reach their targets in the brain, where smell is
processed? Justin McKinnon has hired Emily Apell to study
that question. What Justin hasn’t told Emily is that two
other scientists in the lab, Aeden and Allegra, are working
on a very similar topic, and their findings may compete with
her research. Emily was born focused and driven. She’s always been more
comfortable staring down the barrel of a microscope than
making small talk with strangers. Competition doesn’t scare
her. Her special place is the lab, where she analyzes DNA
sequences, looking for new genes that might be involved in
guiding olfactory neurons to their targets. To Emily’s great surprise, her rational mind is unsettled by
Aeden. As they shift from competitors to colleagues, and
then to something more, Emily allows herself to see a future
in which she doesn’t end up alone. But when Aeden decides to
leave the lab, it becomes clear to Emily that she must make
a choice: follow her research or follow her heart. A sharp, relevant novel that speaks to the ambitions and
desires of modern women, The DNA of You and Me
explores the evergreen question of career versus family, the
irrational sensibility of love, and whether one can be a
loner without a diagnostic label.
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