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LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE From the moment Alma Whittaker steps into the world everything about life intrigues her. Instilled with an unquenchable sense of wonder by her father a botanical explorer and the richest man in the New World Alma is raised in a house of luxury and curiosity. It is not long before she becomes a gifted botanist in her own right. But as she flourishes and her research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution the man she comes to love draws her in the opposite direction - into the realm of the spiritual the divine and the magical. The Signature of All Things soars across the globe of the nineteenth century from London and Peru to Philadelphia Tahiti and beyond. Peopled with extraordinary characters along the way most of all it has an unforgettable heroine in Alma Whittaker.
TITLE: The Signature of All Things
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Gilbert
SKU: 9781408841921
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
DATE PUBLISHED: 01/07/2014
PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom
PAGES: 592
BINDING: Paperback / softback
LANGUAGE: English
DIMENSIONS: 129 mm x 198 mm
WEIGHT: 486 gr
