Everything Sirious
While fiction, this is an exceptional book based on the life of Rosalind Franklin and her scientific research into DNA. It had intrigue, challenges, a tiny bit of romance, but mostly a fantastic tale of a woman’s perseverance in a man’s world and all the challenges she faced and how she met them. Really good, highly recommend this.
This is the third five star book I’ve read by this author, Ruta Sepetys. The other two books, Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Grey were also excellent. This is a historical fiction set in Madrid in the late 50’s under the dictatorship of Franco. Daniel is a photographer from a wealthy oil family in Texas who visits with his family and experiences the realities and discrepancies between culture, privilege and government suppression.
