Parallel Journeys - Softcover

Ruth Skrine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190645907X ISBN 13: 9781906459079

Publisher: Hallmark Press International Limited, 2008

Synopsis

This book is the story of a marriage, of passions lost and found in a setting of controversy about genetic engineering. Fram and Paul meet on a C.N.D march in the 1960s. After the birth of their unplanned child they become sexually estranged and lose the joys that illuminated their lives. Paul gives up his plans to work in Africa and instead takes up a position with a Research and Development company involved in the drugs industry, he soon becomes concerned about the companies use of genetically modified bacteria. Fran meanwhile becomes submerged in motherhood, but becomes alarmed when a male rival in Paul's firm begins to harass her and she begins to fear that her husband had become involved in something dishonourable, despite warnings to leave the past well alone Fran begins a journey in an attempt to discover the truth about her husband's life and what he is getting up to.

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About the Author

Ruth Skrine is a retired doctor and was christened Ruth Lister after Lord Lister, a distant relative who was responsible for introducing antiseptic conditions for surgery. In her long and varied career, the author has been involved in general practice, family planning and psychosexual medicine. She has edited a series of books on psychosexual medicine and is a previously published author with Radcliffe Medical Press whose books are aimed at the medical fraternity and allied professions. Parallel Journeys is her first novel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hallmark Press International Limited
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190645907X
• ISBN 13: 9781906459079
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 251