S.J. Peaceman McGuire

S.J. Peaceman McGuire

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Breaking Through the Spiral Ceiling: An American Woman Becomes a DNA Scientist

Breaking Through the Spiral Ceiling: An American Woman Becomes a DNA Scientist

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Laura Hoopes takes you along as she tries to enter science in the 1960's in the post-Sputnik science education frenzy, only to find doors closed to women.  She persists, makes a career of molecular gerontology and insists on making space for marriage and children in her life.  This inspiring read says, "Yes, you can," to women who have dreams of their own.

Story Behind The Book

it just came to me so I wrote it down, then I illustrated it. Now I'm trying to get it published. Meanwhile, I've got it here and I hope you like it and if you do I really hope you come and buy it :-)

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<span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#333333;"></span><p><em>...I recommend McGuire's &quot;The Tao of It&quot; as insightful, funny and wise. It never fails to delight me, as it is both profound and disarmingly simple - one of those books you return to again and again. I've also found it to be a wonderful gift, down to earth yet inspiring. Part of the beauty of &quot;The Tao of It&quot; is that McGuire surprises us - with the truth found in the everyday simple phrases of our life.&quot;</em></p><p>S. Page</p><p><span style="line-height:16px;"></span></p><p><em>&quot;... a rousing cheer for Peaceman’s “The Tao Of It”. The entire book really is Peaceman’s marvelous approach to life. He shows It: keenly-viewed, curiously connected, and crisply expressed - it’s a modern-eye shaman’s prism, refracting different aspects of our world, and – to me – is a truthfully playful, wryly humorous, deeply touching, gracefully irreverent book. It’s impossible to actually read, as the plot is so vastly widespread and inescapably vague, and the only character is “It” - well, I can only retain about a page at a time, tops.</em></p><p><em>However, I find that it is amazing how, in “The Tao Of It”, various themes weave continuously throughout, chapter after chapter, and just how very close to home some of his lines (passages?) can land. Some softly; some with quite a bit of force. It’s a sort of Book of</em></p><p><em>Fortunes or a Seer’s Almanac or maybe a Cosmic Social Etiquette Guide...&quot;</em></p><p>T. Chapman</p>