The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano the Dominican Republic is plunged

the Dominican Republic is plunged into the nightmare of a bloody and uncertain aftermath

she has resigned herself to brutal treatment at the hands of her cruel husband and the carping of her despotic mother-in-law

and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena

She has spearheaded the alliance of indigenous nations across the Upper Amazon and led her people to a landmark victory against Big Oil

The Captain’s Daughte tells how

The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano the Dominican Republic is plungedA prime number is inherently a solitary thing: it can only be divided by itself, or by one; it never truly fits with another. Alice and Mattia also move on their own axes, alone with their personal tragedies. As a child Alice's overbearing father drove her first to a terrible skiing accident, and then to anorexia. When she meets Mattia she recognises a kindred spirit, and Mattia reveals to Alice his terrible secret: that as a boy he abandoned his