Author

Publication

2006 - Joseph Henry Press

Language

English

Word Count

69,000 words, Guess

Page Count

276 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCQP353 .M39 2006

Description

As Ruth McKernan s father slowly succumbs to a mysterious illness, she relies on her professional training as a neuroscientist to help her work through her fear and grief. Ruth recounts the story of Billy s last year while exploring a collection of cutting-edge scientific themes delving into memory, consciousness, microbes, and stem cells gracefully linking them together like pearls strung upon the thread of her father s life. – from publisher information.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Billy's Halo: Love, Science and My Father's DeathHardcoverJoseph Henry Press2006-01-01

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