A Perfect Life - Pollack, Eileen
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A young researcher at MIT, Jane Weiss is obsessed with finding the genetic marker for Valentine's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that killed her mother. With a fifty percent chance of developing the disease herself, Jane throws herself into her research and steers clear of romantic entanglement, for fear of becoming a burden. Then, the summer before her father's second wedding, Jane falls hard for her future stepbrother, Willie, who has his own tragic past with Valentine's. If Jane succeeds in making history, will she be brave enough to face the truth this newfound knowledge could hold for their lives?…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
A young researcher at MIT, Jane Weiss is obsessed with finding the genetic marker for Valentine's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that killed her mother. With a fifty percent chance of developing the disease herself, Jane throws herself into her research and steers clear of romantic entanglement, for fear of becoming a burden. Then, the summer before her father's second wedding, Jane falls hard for her future stepbrother, Willie, who has his own tragic past with Valentine's. If Jane succeeds in making history, will she be brave enough to face the truth this newfound knowledge could hold for their lives?
Autorenporträt
Eileen Pollack holds a B.S. in physics from Yale and an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the author of two story collections, two previous novels, and two books of nonfiction, and has received fellowships from the NEA, the Michener Foundation, and the Rona Jaffe Foundation. Her work has been included in the Best American Short Stories and the Best American Essays series. She is a former director and current faculty member of the Helen Zell MFA program in creative writing at the University of Michigan. She divides her time between Ann Arbor, Michigan, and New York City.