{"product_id":"luminous-bodies-a-novel-of-marie-curie-9781589882102","title":"Luminous Bodies: A Novel of Marie Curie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Devon Jersild's beautiful novel is alchemic, bringing Marie Curie--the scientist, the lover, the mother, the immigrant, the Nobel Laureate--to life. This tense, moving, riveting story burns hot: it's historical fiction at its very best.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Chris Bohjalian, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Flight Attendant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHour of the Witch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"With a gimlet eye, Jersild . . . spotlight[s] the double standards to which male and female scientists were held and the way Curie, understandably devastated by her treatment by journalists and the public, managed to pull herself back into her research and new discoveries through the force of her will. A colorful re-creation of an incomparable life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the popular imagination, Marie Curie was all brilliance and unshakeable drive. \u003ci\u003eLuminous Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender exploration of the vulnerable woman behind the legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the vein of \u003ci\u003eGeorgia\u003c\/i\u003e (Dawn Tripp) and \u003ci\u003eMatrix\u003c\/i\u003e (Lauren Groff), the narrative follows Marie from girlhood in Poland to the battlefields of World War I, focusing on her marriage, widowhood, and love affair with physicist Paul Langevin--after which she was ostracized from society and the scientific community. Haunted by self-doubt, she turned to Hertha Ayrton, the scientist and suffragist who drew her back from the brink of suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did Curie endure all this, and still achieve so much? What sustained her rich emotional, sexual, and intellectual life--and what were the costs? Jersild explores these questions in this radiant novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Dry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589882102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364","brand":"Devon Jersild","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52122389086389,"sku":"9781589882102","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_054352b0-cde6-4d05-8c97-366d64839ab9.jpg?v=1766512838","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/luminous-bodies-a-novel-of-marie-curie-9781589882102","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}