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"This novel explores a historical \"what if\" that really resonated with me - what if Marie Curie had stayed in her native Poland and married a different man?  In alternating chapters, the story plays out. The historical Marie goes to Paris, meets and marries Pierre Curie, and together they pursue groundbreaking scientific research.  The imagined Marya marries a budding mathematician, they struggle to make ends meet, Marya pursues her education but it's limited and many years before she can take formal courses and do any kind of research.  Both women ponder, at times, their own choices and happiness, wondering if different paths were open to them.  Overall, I really loved this book, I appreciated the questions it asked of the reader, and the story it presented."
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