A Secret Alchemy (42 page)

A
Secret Alchemy
was written as part of a Ph.D. in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and I would like to thank Maura Dooley and all the staff and students there for their help and support.

Emma Darwin
studied drama and theatre arts at Birmingham University and then worked in academic publishing before turning to photography and writing. A great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin and his wife, Emma Wedgwood, Emma now lives in London with her two children. The author of
The Mathematics of Love
, she is finishing a Ph.D. in creative writing at Goldsmiths College.

www.EmmaDarwin.com

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The Mathematics of Love

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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

A SECRET ALCHEMY
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