A Perfect Life
A Novel
Eileen Pollack
- A
- research
- biologist
- hunts
- for
- a
- genetic
- disease
- marker
- that
- could
- hold
- the
- key
- to
- her
- fate—and
- those
- of
- two
- people
- she
- loves:
- “Absorbing.”
- —Publishers
- WeeklyA
- young
- researcher
- at
- MIT,
- Jane
- Weiss
- is
- obsessed
- with
- finding
- the
- genetic
- marker
- for
- Valentine’s
- Disease,
- a
- neurodegenerative
- disorder.
- Her
- pursuit
- is
- deeply
- personal—Valentine’s
- killed
- her
- mother,
- and
- she
- and
- her
- freewheeling
- sister,
- Laurel,
- could
- be
- genetic
- carriers;
- each
- has
- a
- fifty
- percent
- chance
- of
- developing
- the
- disease.
- Having
- seen
- firsthand
- the
- devastating
- effect
- Valentine’s
- had
- on
- her
- parents’
- marriage,
- Jane
- is
- terrified
- she
- might
- become
- a
- burden
- on
- whomever
- she
- falls
- in
- love
- with
- and
- so
- steers
- clear
- of
- romantic
- entanglement.
- Then,
- the
- summer
- before
- her
- father’s
- second
- wedding,
- Jane
- falls
- hard
- for
- her
- future
- stepbrother,
- Willie.
- But
- Willie’s
- father
- also
- died
- from
- Valentine’s,
- raising
- the
- odds
- that
- their
- love
- will
- end
- in
- tragedy.When
- Willie
- bolts
- at
- a
- crucial
- moment
- in
- their
- relationship,
- Jane
- becomes
- obsessed
- with
- finding
- the
- genetic
- marker
- to
- the
- disease
- that
- threatens
- both
- their
- families.
- But
- if
- she
- succeeds
- in
- making
- history,
- will
- she
- and
- her
- sister
- have
- the
- courage
- to
- face
- what
- this
- newfound
- knowledge
- could
- mean
- for
- their
- lives?
- A
- Perfect
- Life
- is
- a
- thought-provoking,
- emotionally
- resonant
- novel
- of
- scientific
- discovery
- and
- self-discovery,
- about
- learning
- how
- to
- embrace
- life
- and
- love,
- no
- matter
- what
- may
- come.“Highly
- compelling
- .
- .
- .
- Pollack’s
- pacing
- is
- dramatic
- and
- the
- story
- line
- particularly
- gripping.”
- —Paula
- McLain,
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- Paris
- Wife“[An]
- absorbing
- genetic
- mystery
- that
- is
- couched
- in
- a
- complicated
- love
- story
- and
- a
- tale
- of
- survival
- .
- .
- .
- gritty
- romance
- and
- medical
- suspense.”
- —Publishers
- Weekly“As
- smart
- and
- thought-provoking
- as
- it
- is
- moving.”
- —Celeste
- Ng,
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- author
- of
- Little
- Fires Everywhere
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