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Lucy Morrigan, a young genetic researcher, lives with her boyfriend, Gray, and an odd collection of tenants in her crumbling family mansion. Surrounded by four generations of clothes, photographs, furniture, and other remnants of past lives, Lucy and Gray's home life is strangely out of touch with the modern world--except for Lucy's high-tech lab in the basement. Frustrated by her unsuccessful attempts to attain motherhood or tenure, Lucy takes drastic measures to achieve both. Using a bloodstained scrap of an apron found in the attic, Lucy successfully clones her grandmother Mary. But rather…

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3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2008
    Three Rivers Press · 368 pages · 9780307352590
  • Ebook · English · 2007
    Crown Publishing Group · 9780307394774
  • Hardcover · English · 2007
    Shaye Areheart Books · 368 pages · 9780307352583
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