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Luminous bodies : a novel of Marie Curie / Devon Jersild.
Van Pelt Library PS3560.E75 L86 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jersild, Devon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women chemists--Poland--Biography--Fiction.
- Women chemists.
- Curie, Marie, 1867-1934--Fiction.
- Curie, Marie.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 364 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Paul Dry Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Paul Dry Books, 2026.
- Summary:
- "In the vein of Georgia (Dawn Tripp) and Matrix (Lauren Groff), the narrative follows Marie from girlhood in Poland to the battlefields of World War I, focusing on her marriage, widowhood, and love affair with physicist Paul Langevin--after which she was ostracized from society and the scientific community. Haunted by self-doubt, she turned to Hertha Ayrton, the scientist and suffragist who drew her back from the brink of suicide. How did Curie endure all this, and still achieve so much? What sustained her rich emotional, sexual, and intellectual life--and what were the costs? Jersild explores these questions in this radiant novel."--Amazon.
- ISBN:
- 9781589882102
- 1589882105
- OCLC:
- 1492569330
- Publisher Number:
- 90103915980
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