cover image Mapping Fate: A Memoir of Family, Risk, & Genetic Research

Mapping Fate: A Memoir of Family, Risk, & Genetic Research

Alice Wexler. University of California Press, $21.95 (319pp) ISBN 978-0-520-20741-7

Memoir of a family living under the shadow of the genetically transmitted Huntington's disease, two of whose members become prominent researchers in the quest for a cure. (Nov.)