Parallel Journeys - Brossura

Skrine, Ruth

 
9781906459079: Parallel Journeys

Sinossi

This book is the story of a marriage, of passions lost and found in a setting of controversy about genetic engineering. Fram and Paul meet on a C.N.D march in the 1960s. After the birth of their unplanned child they become sexually estranged and lose the joys that illuminated their lives. Paul gives up his plans to work in Africa and instead takes up a position with a Research and Development company involved in the drugs industry, he soon becomes concerned about the companies use of genetically modified bacteria. Fran meanwhile becomes submerged in motherhood, but becomes alarmed when a male rival in Paul's firm begins to harass her and she begins to fear that her husband had become involved in something dishonourable, despite warnings to leave the past well alone Fran begins a journey in an attempt to discover the truth about her husband's life and what he is getting up to.

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Recensione

A well written book which the reader will find engrossing. At 250 pages it allows sufficient time to develop the characters and has a perfect balance of intrigue and suspense to keep the most discerning reader enthralled. --Christine Adams

L'autore

Ruth Skrine is a retired doctor and was christened Ruth Lister after Lord Lister, a distant relative who was responsible for introducing antiseptic conditions for surgery. In her long and varied career, the author has been involved in general practice, family planning and psychosexual medicine. She has edited a series of books on psychosexual medicine and is a previously published author with Radcliffe Medical Press whose books are aimed at the medical fraternity and allied professions. Parallel Journeys is her first novel.

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