Lab Girl is a book about work & about love, & the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren`s remarkable stories: about the discoveries she has made in her lab, as well as her struggle to get there; about her childhood playing in her father`s laboratory; about how lab work became a sanctuary for both her heart & her hands; about Bill, the brilliant, wounded man who became her loyal colleague & best friend; about their field trips
- sometimes authorised, sometimes very much not
- that took them from the Midwest across the USA, to Norway & to Irel&, from the pale skies of North Pole to tropical Hawaii; & about her constant striving to do & be her best, & her unswerving dedication to her life`s work. Visceral, intimate, gloriously candid & sometimes extremely funny, Jahren`s descriptions of her work, her intense relationship with the plants, seeds & soil she studies, & her insights on nature enliven every page of this thrilling book. In Lab Girl, we see anew the complicated power of the natural world, & the power that can come from facing with bravery & conviction the challenge of discovering who you are.