"Denise Gelberg's novel "Lucky Girl" is both a wonderful and heartbreaking story of Irene Adelson, a mother in science who could be any of us. Irene is a smart woman, passionate about science but struggling to succeed in the male-dominated STEMM sector, where sexual harassment and gender discrimination are rife. Irene was an introverted child born after WWII to a working class family from Brooklyn, New York. Despite facing many career and personal challenges, she becomes a medical doctor and a successful scientist, eventually achieving the highest recognition in science - being awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize."-- Amazon.com.
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