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Lucy : a Novel by Gonzales, Laurence is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Lucy : a Novel about?

Laurence Gonzales?s electrifying adventure opens in the jungles of the Congo. Jenny Lowe, a primatologist studying chimpanzees?the bonobos?is running for her life. A civil war has exploded and Jenny is trapped in its crosshairs ... She runs to the camp of a fellow primatologist. The rebels have already been there. Everyone is dead except a young girl, the daughter of Jenny?s brutally murdered fellow scientist?and competitor. Jenny and the child flee, Jenny grabbing the notebooks of the primatologist who?s been killed. She brings the girl to Chicago to await the discovery of her relatives. The girl is fifteen and lovely?her name is Lucy. Realizing that the child has no living relatives, Jenny begins to care for her as her own. When she reads the notebooks written by Lucy?s father, she discovers that the adorable, lovely, magical Lucy is the result of an experiment. She is part human, part ape?a hybrid human being ... Laurence Gonzales?s novel grabs you from its opening pages and you stay with it, mesmerized by the shy but fierce, wonderfully winning Lucy. From the Hardcover edition

Who reads Lucy : a Novel?

Author

Gonzales, Laurence

Publisher

Vintage Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307473905

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Medical, Fiction, Engineering

Rating

4.2 / 5 (501 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14