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Lab Girl
A Memoir
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Hope Jahren
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Hope Jahren
About this listen
National Book Critics Circle Award winner, Autobiography, 2016.
An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime collaboration, in work and in life; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see and think about the natural world.
Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she's studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book might have been a revelatory treatise on plant life. Lab Girl is that, but it is also so much more. Because in it, Jahren also shares with us her inspiring life story, in prose that takes your breath away.
Lab Girl is a book about work, about love, and about the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren's remarkable stories: about the things she's discovered in her lab as well as how she got there; about her childhood - hours of unfettered play in her father's laboratory; about how she found a sanctuary in science and learned to perform lab work "with both the heart and the hands"; about a brilliant and wounded man named Bill, who became her loyal colleague and best friend; about their adventurous, sometimes rogue research trips, which take them from the Midwest all across the United States and over the Atlantic, from the ever-light skies of the North Pole to tropical Hawaii; and about her constant striving to do and be the best she could, never allowing personal or professional obstacles to cloud her dedication to her work.
Jahren's probing look at plants, her astonishing tenacity of spirit, and her insights on nature enliven every minute of this book. Lab Girl allows us to see with clear eyes the beautiful, sophisticated mechanisms within every leaf, blade of grass, and flower petal and the power within ourselves to face - with bravery and conviction - life's ultimate challenge: discovering who we are.
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- Brenda
- 2021-09-28
Exquisite, poetic writing , one of the top books .
A very intimate book of science, academia and human growth. every thought is memorable. fabulous.
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- Julia
- 2019-01-03
A wonderful blend of science and life
This memoir y of a lab scientist is so well written, it is as enthralling as it is informative. The author is clearly passionate about her research but also about the people and the world around her. She clearly describes the challenges of life in the lab and in the field without omitting the challenges of her personal life. This makes the reader cheer for her successes.
Above all, this book is about loyalty.
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- Bev Chaba
- 2021-01-02
Really loved this book
Jahren weaves words into a wonderful memoir that I was able to identify with in so many ways. Engaging insight into the natural world surrounding us, and what it takes to explore it scientifically, lovingly, humorously and with fierce loyalty.
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-11-30
Fantastic Book
Beautifully written, funny, and courageously revealing, I loved this book all the way through. Lab Girl has many layered elements artfully sewn together into one strong whole, not unlike the plants she so wonderfully describes.
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- Mac
- 2022-05-19
Beautiful descriptive memoir; love song to trees
The story is compelling, particularly the affectionate platonic relationship between Hope and her assistant. Love Love LOVE all the beautiful science. Beautifully written
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- Glenn
- 2020-02-18
Felt like a textbook
The reader was horrible (sorry) and the book just felt like a textbook. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
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