ANN LINGARD skilfully weaves a handful of lives together into a story that shows how people grow to become much more than the sum of their biological parts. Lisa the mathematician spends her life helping others deal with her achondroplasia. Madeleine, a sheep farmer, is coping with a facial disfigurement. Ruth has given up nursing after being turned on to taxidermy by a mischievous elderly neighbour who has secretly captured and stuffed all the local cats.
This engrossing and unusual tale is a scientific window on the soul. We are nothing more than anatomy, but somehow living our life…
