Luminous Bodies

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"Devon Jersild's beautiful novel is alchemic, bringing Marie Curie—the scientist, the lover, the mother, the immigrant, the Nobel Laureate—to life. This tense, moving, riveting story burns hot: it's historical fiction at its very best." —Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and Hour of the Witch "With a gimlet eye, Jersild . . . spotlight[s] the double standards to which male and female scientists were held and the way Curie, understandably devastated by her treatment by journalists and the public, managed to pull herself back into her research and new discoveries through the force of her will. A colorful re-creation of an incomparable life." —Kirkus Reviews In the popular imagination, Marie Curie was all brilliance and unshakeable drive. Luminous Bodies is a tender exploration of the vulnerable woman behind the