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Lädt ... Chasing Eternity: A Novelvon Diann Ducharme
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HTML: Genetics doctoral student and longevity researcher Ryan Abernathy restricts his calories and his social life; he is terrified of death, but his life, governed by study and exercise, is hollow. The longevity study that he works for receives a tip from an Irish doctor regarding two elderly twin sisters, Cleona and Catherine Owen, who live on a remote island off the western coast of Ireland. Ryan volunteers to investigate, hoping to get DNA samples from the women in his ambitious effort to increase lifespan and fight age-related diseases and just possibly, cure death itself. On the island, Ryan meets Cleona's beautiful yet child-like great-granddaughter, Aisling, who cares for the elderly women but is able to offer Ryan no official age documentation for them. Aisling, lonely for companionship and exhausted from the care-taking of the sick women, draws Ryan into her world by telling him a story that she learned when she was young: that she and her relatives are the final known descendants of an old island clan that, through thousands of years of inbreeding and isolation, managed to achieve remarkable longevity. Ryan doesn't believe Aisling, but by asking questions of the bar man at the local pub and by stumbling across a time-worn gravestone in the old cemetery, he becomes more curious about the unusual family. As his curiosity increases, so does that of sick Irish nun Sister Ignatius, who believes that she recognizes Catherine as a nun who disappeared from her convent sixty years ago. Both scientist and nun must grapple with their own deep-seated beliefs in order to determine the truth about the people, both past and present, of the Celtic island. .Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I enjoyed this story, although there were elements that sort of fell flat for me. I can’t say that I really liked Ryan, which is difficult since he’s the main character. He seemed very self-absorbed, which I guess is the point since he does go on a journey that transforms him into a better person. I just can’t see what Aisling sees in him other than that he’s different because he’s not from the island. I’m not entirely sure what Sister Ignatius and her story (which is also part of one of the twin’s stories) adds to the novel. ( )