Life

by Gwyneth Jones

Life by Gwyneth Jones

Life is a richly textured fictional biography of the brilliant Anna Senoz, a scientist who makes a momentous discovery about the X and Y chromosomes. Anna's discovery provokes widespread sexual rage and impacts cruelly on her career, her marriage, and her child. Ultimately, Anna faces a challenge that the practice of science alone cannot meet.

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Science Fiction Philip K. Dick Award

Release date: 2004

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Gwyneth Jones

Gwyneth Jones (born 1952) is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult and children's writer under the name Ann Halam.

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