Book Discussion Goes to Outer Space
by Gail Irwin
February 26, 2010
The next selection for the Book Discussion at the Ainsworth Public Library will be a medial thriller by Tess Gerritsen. The title Gravity will be the topic on March 23rd at 2 p.m. Gerritsen used to be a doctor, so it comes as no great surprise that the medical aspects of this thriller are absolutely convincing—even if most of the action happens in a place where few doctors have ever practiced—outer space.
Dr. Emma Watson has been training for the adventure of a lifetime: to study living beings in space. But her mission aboard the International Space Station turns into a nightmare beyond imagining when a culture of single-celled organisms begins to regenerate out of control and infects the space station crew with agonizing and deadly results. Emma struggles to contain the virus outbreak while back on Earth her estranged husband, Jack McCallum, works frantically with NASA to bring her home. Will there be a rescue on the Space Station? Will the virus infect the Earth’s population?
If you are interested in reading this book, stop at the Library. Multiple copies are available for check out. Come share your thoughts on this book at the March 23rd discussion. Good or bad, we wanted to hear how you felt about the book.
