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Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- De: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrado por: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36,779
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 32,165
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32,089
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Making my 3 adult daughters read this
- De Teresa H. en 04-07-22
- Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- De: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrado por: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
Loved this book
Revisado: 04-28-22
I recommend this book to all women who love a good seriously themed but lightly told story, whoever were required to neglect any part of themselves to have a place in our patriarchal society. Empowering, truthful, entertaining and warm. And to men brave enough to weigh their own complicity in the not so subtle lowering or diminishing of the intellectual power of the full half or more of our species' potential.
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Far from the Tree
- Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
- De: Andrew Solomon
- Narrado por: Andrew Solomon
- Duración: 40 h y 37 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,568
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,361
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,359
A brilliant and utterly original thinker, Andrew Solomon's journey began from his experience of being the gay child of straight parents. He wondered how other families accommodate children who have a variety of differences: families of people who are deaf, who are dwarfs, who have Down syndrome, who have autism, who have schizophrenia, who have multiple severe disabilities, who are prodigies, who commit crimes, who are transgender.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Gripping Masterpiece
- De C. Beaton en 12-14-12
- Far from the Tree
- Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
- De: Andrew Solomon
- Narrado por: Andrew Solomon
A peek into deeply challenged lives
Revisado: 11-27-12
If you could sum up Far from the Tree in three words, what would they be?
Eye-opening, poignant, triumphant
What was one of the most memorable moments of Far from the Tree?
The forgiveness of a healthcare worker by parents whose MDS child who died because of a random careless act.
How could the performance have been better?
I believe a different narrator, not the author but a professional actor would elevate the experience of listening.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The question of correcting 'flaws' of nature in lieu of accepting a creature as created by God and by genetics, etc. creates a paradox with mixed feelings and a sense of knowing that either choice can be right or wrong but inevitably is irrevocable.
Any additional comments?
For parents and future parents because you never know if you will be a subject of such a book.
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