Book description
Women are dying in their millions. Some blame scientists, some see the
hand of God. As she watches her world collapsing, Jessie Lamb decides
she wants to make her life count. Would you let your daughter die if it
would save the human race? The Testament of Jessie Lamb is the story of
one daughter's heroism and one father's love. A dark, powerful and
disturbing story asking difficult questions about science, sex, and
survival. Jane Rogers has written eight novels including Her living
Image (Somerset Maugham Award), Mr Wroe's Virgins (Guardian Fiction
Prize runner-up), Promised Lands (Writers Guild Best Novel Award),
Island (Orange long-listed), and The Voyage Home. She has written drama
for radio and TV, including an award-winning adaptation of Mr Wroe's
Virgins for BBC2. Her radio work includes both original drama and
Classic Serial adaptations. She has taught writing at the University of
Adelaide, Paris Sorbonne IV, and on a radio-writing project in Eastern
Uganda. She is Professor of Writing at Sheffield Hallam University, and
is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Jane lives on the edge
of the moors in Lancashire.
