Evolution of Jane

In this witty novel about family, friendship, and survival of the fittest, * Cathleen Schine, one of our most astute social observers, examines the origin of species alongside the origins of who we come to be.

In some mysterious family feud or unintended slight, Jane Barlow Schwartz lost a friend, her cousin and soul mate Martha. But years later, surrounded by the exotic wildlife of the Galápagos, Jane and Martha meet again. There, amid the antics of blue-footed boobies and red-lipped batfish, Jane sets off on a quest through her family history to pinpoint the moment when Martha was no longer the Martha she knew. In the process, she ponders instinct, natural selection, and the oddities of evolution that transform us. As Barbara Kingsolver proclaimed in the New York Times Book Review, We should rejoice in a rare novel like The Evolution of Jane . . . a rollicking family saga tinged with hints of sexual intrigue . . . Three cheers.

*Elle

Author: Cathleen Schine
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 04/01/2011
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.09h x 5.27w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9780547520315

About the Author
Schine, Cathleen: - CATHLEEN SCHINE is the author of many novels, including The Three Weissmanns of Westport, andthe internationally best-selling The Love Letter and Alice in Bed, To the Bird House, She Is Me, and The New Yorkers.