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Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
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bookshelves: female-author, memoirs, nature-outdoors, science, non-fiction

Lab Girl is a memoir/science-y book written by Hope Jahren, an award winning geobiologist. In the book she writes of both her career and personal life, and also gives a lot of information about the complex world of plant life.

Jahren is a dedicated, inspiring, and talented individual, and her passion for what she does seeps through the pages. I admire her deep reverence for the natural world and her insatiable curiosity. I also appreciate her honesty in talking about her struggles with manic depression and all the doubts and setbacks she experienced along the way.

Jahren writes a lot about Bill, her lab partner and best friend. They work together, travel together, and have done so for years, all while Jahren is happily married. I found their relationship intriguing, and like that it doesn't really fit neatly into any box. They obviously care about each other and that is what matters.

On a side note, I just read an interesting article about Jahren taking over Seventeen Magazine's #ManicureMonday, which encourages people to post pictures of their manicures and nail art. Jahren instead encouraged people to post pictures of their hands doing things, manicured nails or not. Hoping to remind girls and women that what you do with your hands is just as beautiful as what they look like, the twitter feed totally changed, and the next Monday instead of manicured nails, the feed was full of women's hands taking samples from plants, holding test tubes and fossils, and doing other science things. I liked that.
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Reading Progress

April 7, 2016 – Started Reading
April 7, 2016 – Shelved
April 19, 2016 – Shelved as: female-author
April 19, 2016 – Shelved as: memoirs
April 19, 2016 – Shelved as: nature-outdoors
April 19, 2016 – Shelved as: science
April 19, 2016 – Finished Reading
January 25, 2018 – Shelved as: non-fiction

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message 1: by Kim (new)

Kim Love the story at the end. Great review too!


message 2: by Theresa (new)

Theresa Great review. I looked at #ManicureMonday - that was a wonderful idea. So many hands doing so many beautiful things - and without nail polish!


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