'Lab Girl' by Hope Jahren

Hope Jahren visits Books on the Park to talk with Analee Newitz (founder of i09.com) about her highly touted debut memoir, Lab Girl. 

"Lab Girl made me look at trees differently. It compelled me to ponder the astonishing grace and gumption of a seed. Perhaps most importantly, it introduced me to a deeply inspiring woman-a scientist so passionate about her work I felt myself vividly with her on every page. This is a smart, enthralling, and winning debut." -Cheryl Strayed.

Lab Girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren's remarkable stories: about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who encouraged hours of play in his classroom's labs; about how she found a sanctuary in science, and learned to perform lab work done with both the heart and the hands; and about the inevitable disappointments, but also the triumphs and exhilarating discoveries, of scientific work.