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  • VANESSA GRAELL

    @VaneGraell

    Barcelona

Updated Thursday, 27May2021-01: 42

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Among the volcanoes of Hilo, Hawaii, a blonde and blue-eyed girl, very American (

haole

, the locals call her), wonders why that tropical plant with lilac flowers closes when she touches it.

Upon arriving home, Jennifer finds a book in her room, another one of those detective novels her father gives her:

The Double Helix

by James Watson.

Except that the

detectives

in that book are scientists on a race to discover the structure of DNA.

Among the characters stands out

Rosalind Fran

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