DNA of You and Me

<p><strong>Refreshing.... Asks urgent questions about female ambition. Fans of <em>Lab Girl</em> have found a worthy successor.--<em>Real Simple</em></strong></p><p><strong>A powerful debut novel--a wonderfully engaging infusion of <em>Lab Girl The Assistants </em> and <em>Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine</em>--that pits the ambition of scientific discovery against the siren call of love.</strong></p> <p></p><p>Emily Apell arrives in Justin McKinnon's renowned research lab with the single-minded goal of making a breakthrough discovery. But a colleague in the lab Aeden Doherty has been working on a similar topic and his findings threaten to compete with her research.</p><p>To Emily's surprise her rational mind is unsettled by Aeden and when they end up working together their animosity turns to physical passion followed by love. Emily eventually allows herself to envision a future with Aeden but when he decides to leave the lab it becomes clear to her that she must make a choice. It is only years later when she is about to receive a prestigious award for the work they did together that Emily is able to unravel everything that happened between them. </p><p>A sharp relevant novel that speaks to the ambitions and desires of modern women <em>The DNA of You and Me</em> explores the evergreen question of career versus family the irrational sensibility of love and whether one can be a loner without a diagnostic label.</p><p></p>