The Signature of All Things Lib/E (CD-Audio)

from klockrike

No question, this is an excellently written book. The main characters are well-developed, detailed and mostly believable. However, I read this book not just as a book lover, but also as a professional botanist and evolutionary biologist, and to me, the author has contrived and twisted the story i...

from auntmarge64

An enthralling story, wonderfully written and over far too soon. This is the life story of Alma Whittaker, a female botanist born in 1800 to a wealthy and unorthodox Philadelphia couple who train her in languages, thought, and persistence, expecting her from a young age to keep up and participate...

from dualmon

Fictional 19th century woman who becomes an accomplished botanist. Quite a good story.

from lit_chick

2013, Penguin Audio, Read by Juliet Stevenson Book Description: adapted from Penguin Random House ... an enthralling story of love, adventure and discovery. Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the...

from muddyboy

This is the epic story of one woman's journey to find knowledge and understanding in her own life but also for the world we live in. The book is beautifully written with dozens of unique and interesting characters that she meets during the eighty plus years of her life. The book actually starts w...