Ooph, this book completely crippled me and broke my heart! Zoe and Jack are two ambitious, passionate Harvard students. When Jack refers Zoe to a position in a prestigious professor’s lab, they become entwined in each other’s lives as colleagues. When their research leads to a promising (groundbreaking) discovery, the two drop out of school and found Manna, a biotech startup. They announce that they’ve discovered a cure for aging. Suddenly, Zoe (not old enough to drink!) is giving TED talks. Their company dominates national news stories. Zoe is profiled in Vogue. But when the two receive a startling accusation, everything is at stake: their lives, the company they built, their partnership. I couldn’t put this down. I don’t want to give away any spoilers but it made me cry and I can’t remember the last time a book made me cry, which is why I gave it an A.
Author: Austin Taylor
