A perfect life
Subtitle: a novel
By: Eileen Pollack
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9780062419170
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Fiction; Women biologists; Genetic markers; Families; Genetic disorders
Description: Jane Weiss is obsessed with finding the genetic marker for Valentine's Disease, a neurodegenerative disorder. Her pursuit is deeply personal. Valentine killed her mother, and she and her freewheeling sister, Laurel, could be genetic carriers; each has a fifty percent chance of developing the disease.