Lucy Morrigan, just like her deceased father, is a genetic researcher specializing in cloning. When Lucy and her boyfriend Gray have difficulty conceiving the baby Lucy so desperately wants, things take a bizarre turn. This is a good book with an intriguing storyline and would have been a great book with another 100 pages at least. ( )

This was a wonderful book about humanity and the role of memory. I liked the ethical dilemmas Lucy and Gray go through as well as the struggle Mary has in adjusting to a world 80 years in the future. ( )

Such an interesting premise, but the protagonist was unlikable and nothing much really happened. ( )

DeAngelis created a first novel that made me think. Now, it wasn't the best adult novel I've read, but it was fairly interesting. Basically, Lucy can't have a child and wants one. Since she is a genetic researcher, she clones DNA from her grandmother's apron and creates a child. But the child comes out of the incubator as a 22 year old woman with her memories intact. Instead of living in the 1920s, she's in modern America and has to adjust. This book is a combination of sc-fi, romance, family drama, and religious/social inspection. I don't usually include quotes, but I'm going to for this one.

"When Lucy was a teenager, the fact that she could count the people who would die for her on a single finger used to send her into weeklong fits of depression. Then there were none, and she could not afford to linger on it. Now Gray winds his arm tight around her waist, mumbling in his sleep, and she drifts off thinking maybe one is enough" p. 27-28

That quote makes up for the one sentence paragraph on page 52 that is eight lines long! I almost stopped reading right there! The book has a slow beginning but gets exciting in the middle, so keep reading! ( )

I was so irritated with the author by the time this was over! Why didn't Lucy try a simpler procedure? why was she so stupid around Mary -- never ask any of the questions she had earlier? who were those 2 young boys? why was Megan so nasty? I won't bore you with more. Just watch, this will be made into a (bad) movie. ( )