Artifact, Arlene Heyman, Paperback, 2021

Lottie Kristin is independent from the start. Born in the middle of the century to a middle-class family in the very middle of America, Lottie is set apart by her smarts and sensuality. A girl who'd rather carry out dissections on a snowy back porch than join her family for Christmas dinner is a strange and exotic artifact in the town of Sleeping Bay.

But by her early twenties, Lottie finds herself trapped in a marriage gone stale, with a daughter she adores but whose existence jeopardizes her place in the lab and her dream of becoming a scientist. How can a young woman make her way in a world determined to contain her brilliance, her will, and her longing to live?

Bravely and wisely written, Artifact is an intimate and propulsive portrait of a whole woman, a celebration of her refusal to be defined by others' imaginations, and a meditation on the glorious chaos of biological life.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 11 Nov. 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN ‏ : ‎ 9781526619426
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 200 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm