The Science of Family

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I can't speak for the soundness of the science in this story, but I definitely tore through this fast paced story that combined bioethics with the depth and emotions about family, in all the ways it can be created. The process that Claire, Nash and Jillian went through to create embryos using selected elements of both Claire and Jillian's DNA seemed plausible enough, and the controversy around it also seemed reasonable. The ending threw some curves, and while many of them were what I expected, there were a couple that had me sucking in a breath when they caught me off-guard. If I have one quibble it was that the voice of Abby read quite a bit older than 11, and some of the concepts that she easily grasped seemed out of range. It wasn't enough to ruin the story, and it's worth the quick read!