Join us for our engaging book discussion group, "Hooked on Books," on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, where we delve into captivating reads and share our thoughts and insights. Don't miss out on the opportunity to connect with fellow book lovers and explore compelling stories together!

This month’s read is: Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict

Book Description: Rosalind Franklin has always been an outsider―brilliant, but different. Whether working at the laboratory she adored in Paris or toiling at a university in London, she feels closest to the science, those unchanging laws of physics and chemistry that guide her experiments. When she is assigned to work on DNA, she believes she can unearth its secrets. Rosalind knows if she just takes one more X-ray picture―one more after thousands―she can unlock the building blocks of life. Never again will she have to listen to her colleagues complain about her, especially Maurice Wilkins who'd rather conspire about genetics with James Watson and Francis Crick than work alongside her. Then it finally happens―the double helix structure of DNA reveals itself to her with perfect clarity. But what unfolds next, Rosalind could have never predicted.

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