A biomedical thriller When Alison Greenall arrives in California to visit the father who walked out when she was a baby, she isn?t sure what to expect, but it certainly isn?t what she discovers. Her father has just had his research lab broken into by activists, and a violent pro-lifer is hanging about claiming he's been framed. Alison just wants to get to know her father, but how far can she trust him?
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Alison Greenall's father walked out on the family when Alison was a baby, launching a successful biotech company and eventually remarrying. Eighteen years later, Alison is shocked to receive an invitation from her father to visit. She accepts with trepidation and, after arriving, is stunned to learn that her father's lab has been broken into by pro-life activists who oppose stem-cell research. Then it turns out that Alison's father was also working on a mysterious anti-aging serum, which was stolen by the pro-lifers. Gradually, Alison begins to have doubts about what her father is really up to in his lab. Is he a brilliant molecular biologist or a mad scientist with dark and dangerous secrets? Well paced, suspenseful, and filled with philosophical ruminations about bioethics and medical research. Emily Melton
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Gillian Bradshaw's father, an American Associated Press newsman, met her mother, a confidential secretary for the British embassy, in Rio de Janeiro. She was born in Washington DC in 1956, the second of four children. They didn't move around quite as much as one might expect after such a beginning: Washington was followed merely by Santiago, Chile, and two locations in Michigan. Gillian attended the University of Michigan, where she earned her BA in English and another in Classical Greek, and won the Hopwood Prize for fiction with her first novel, "Hawk of May," She went on to get another degree at Newnham College, Cambridge University, England in Greek and Latin literature, and she sold her first novel while preparing for exams.
She decided to stay in Cambridge another year to write another novel and think about what to do for a Real Job. However, while there, she discovered she could live on her income as a novelist and also met her husband, who was completing his doctorate in physics. Between books and children she never did get a Real Job, and she's been writing novels ever since.
She and her husband now live in Coventry. They have four children and a dog.
She decided to stay in Cambridge another year to write another novel and think about what to do for a Real Job. However, while there, she discovered she could live on her income as a novelist and also met her husband, who was completing his doctorate in physics. Between books and children she never did get a Real Job, and she's been writing novels ever since.
She and her husband now live in Coventry. They have four children and a dog.
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Born 1956 in Arlington, Virginia (i.e., Washington DC); grew up there, in Santiago, Chile, and in East Lansing and Mount Pleasant Michigan; educated University of Michigan (Classics and English) and Newnham College, Cambridge (Classics). I published my first novel while I was supposed to be revising for my final exams; the exams suffered, but I still managed a 2.1. I decided to take another year in Cambridge to work on the next novel, and Met a Man, like many a woman before and since. We got married in Paris, where he had a post-doc position and I had discovered an urgent need to learn French. He continued research and teaching, first in Santa Barbara, then back in Cambridge, and finally at the University of Warwick; I continued writing. A lot of my work has used my background in classical Greek and Latin, but I've occasionally branched out into the high middle ages, contemporary, and sci-fi. We have four kids, now grown up, and so far one grandchild.
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Well, I liked it.,
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Gillian Bradshaw amply deserves the respect her many fine novels have earned for her. This is not her best book but its still worth a read. Its a deceptively simple first person narrative reflecting both the high intelligence and the emotional and social immaturity of a very likeable but far from perfect young heroine. The book is uneven in parts and does end very abruptly. It reads as if for some reason it had to be not very gracefully edited to fit some predetermined format. Still there's a strong story and some interesting ideas intelligently explored. You could definitely do worse with a few hours of your time.
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Terrible dialog, slow pace,
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This review is from: The Elixir of Youth (Hardcover)
The plot is a good idea, but the execution is terrible. Bradshaw's writing is on the level of a young writer trying her first fiction. The dialog is stilted, the descriptions are dull. Even with a multi-layered plot, the story feels slow because of the poor writing.
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