I love when fiction unfurls a compelling tale whose protagonist has an ultrarare genetic disease.
My most recent favorite is The Sirens. Author Emilia Hart weaves a powerful tale of genetic memory manifest in two pairs of sisters, one aboard a doomed ship transporting women convicts from England to New South Wales circa 1780, the other contemporary.
But before The Sirens came Middlesex and The Covenant of Water. Each elaborates a complex plot around an unusual condition caused by mutation in a single gene. And all three present solid science – a story is a great way to learn genetics.
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