So Heather, when you asked me to post more reflections on this book, I am now several weeks removed from my first study of it. But the promise revealed in the first chapter is carried all the way through: How can you love someone who doesn't believe like you do? And that is what makes this book high concept nonfiction. But none have ever focused on Darwin's relationship with his devout Christian wife Emma. Hundreds of books have been written about Darwin, including his own The Origin of Species, published in 1859, twenty-one years after his wedding. Teen readers may be wondering if they ever will. Many of us adults have been in that marriage quandary. Sexy in that it grabs you from the first page with Charles Darwin’s thoughts of marriage and keeps you focused, turning pages. Since I raved about Charles and Emma a few weeks ago on our Hamline blog, The Storyteller’s Inkpot, you invited me to write a post for your blog this month. When we read Claire Rudolf Murphy’s passionate recommendation for Charles and Emma on The Storyteller’s Inkpot, a blog produced by faculty members of Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, we were curious to learn more so we invited Claire to join our conversation about the book here.
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