Chemistry
By: Damien Wilkins.
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Wellington, NZ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Drug addicts -- Fiction.; New Zealand -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: The Webb family seems genetically disposed towards medicine. Don, the eldest brother, runs a pharmacy. Penny, the abused wife, is a doctor. And Jamie, the youngest son, self-medicates with heroin. As the plot spirals into blackmail and murder, Wilkins explores the ties that bind families together.

Chemistry is a story about bad choices and those who suffer the consequences when a longterm drug addict returns to his family in Timaru.