The Scientists: A Family Romance

by Marco Roth

Book Overview

A frank, intelligent, and deeply moving debut memoir With the precociousness expected of the only child of a doctor and a classical musician--from the time he could get his toddler tongue to a pronounce a word like "De-oxy ribonucleic acid," or recite a French poem--Marco Roth was able to share his parents' New York, a world centered around house concerts, a private library of literary classics, and dinner discussions of the latest advances in medicine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374210284
• ISBN13: 9780374210281
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"