Елізабет Гілберт «Природа всіх речей» (Новела)

Alma Whittaker, an incredible woman with a sharp inquisitive mind and an unquenchable curiosity about the world around her, was destined to live in an era of scientific expeditions and revolutionary educational ideas. Social prescriptions and duty keep her within the strict confines of the rational, while love and thirst for knowledge drive her to search beyond the boundaries of the fathomable. Alma's story is a passionate and fascinating journey of the human mind, an attempt to explain the essence of everything in the world and to explore it despite her untiring desires and broken heart. Will she succeed in becoming a recognized botanist alongside famous male scientists? After all, Alma Whittaker had every chance to outshine Charles Darwin, the creator of the evolutionary theory... Where will her thirst for the new lead her? And will Alma be able to come even a step closer to true cognition?