Isbn: 9780330421249 - the secret cure (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. This is the story of Eva, the cleaning lady in a small Australian scientific laboratory. Some fading on cover, pages lightly tanning. 429 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 444 pages. Cover worn. Text tannedThis is the story of Eva, the cleaning lady in a small Australian scientific laboratory. No one from the lab remembers her as the junior technician who worke d there years ago, and no one knows she is on a secret mission to discover a cur e for her autistic child. The only one who knows the full story is Owen, and he' s not telling anyone because there's no honour in spying. Besides, he wants to k eep Eva to himself. Owen is a recluse, a mute whose mother has died leaving him an income to live off and one unshakeable truth: that the world is a pitiable th ing. But the day he saw Eva at the hospital was the day his life changed forever . Reviews Sue Woolfe attracted many fans with her award-winning novel Leanin g Towards Infinity. Her latest book should engage many more. In it, the world of science, represented by a scientific laboratory in a fictitious Australian city , serves as a foil for Woolfe's deliberations on life and love. The story focuse s on the career of Eva, mainly as seen through the eyes of Owen, the mute hospit al handyman whose life revolves around his secret love for her. Within their sto ry lies a wider theme, the history of the treatment of autistic children. Despit e the weighty subjects and anxiety-ridden characters, this book is filled with h umour. Woolfe has a finely tuned sense of the ridiculous and she can imbue ordin ary life with sudden magic. The pace of the book is slow, and Woolfe delights in digressions, so it will not suit readers who are easily distracted. Some will a lso take issue with the science in the book, particularly her fanciful represent ation of a scientific laboratory, and her understanding of autism as primarily a genetic disorder. Nevertheless, this is a special and original book, which will.…