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A brilliant botanist grows up in an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century household of science and trade
2013Slow paceThoughtful
What it is about
Alma Whittaker is born in 1800 to a wealthy botanical trader in Philadelphia. She grows into a brilliant scientist who studies mosses. Her life takes her from her family home to Tahiti and Amsterdam.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like long historical novels.
What you will get
A big, absorbing novel by the author of Eat, Pray, Love.
The Signature of All Things Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Historical Fiction · Botany · Science · Women
Length
499 pages · ≈ 14 h
More about this book
Characters
Alma Whittaker and her family.
Setting
Philadelphia, Tahiti and Amsterdam, in the 1800s.
What makes it different
A grand historical novel about a woman of science.
Feel
Rich, detailed and warm.
G.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Guard of Honor
The Mirror & the Light
Angle of Repose
The Known World
Edge of Eternity