The Schrodinger Girl, Laurel Brett
The Schrodinger Girl, Laurel Brett
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The Schrödinger Girl

Author: Laurel Brett

Narrator: Adam Barr

Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/26/2021


Synopsis

Garrett Adams, an uptight behavioral psychology professor who refuses to embrace the 1960s, is in a slump. The dispirited rats in his latest experiment aren’t yielding results, and his beloved Yankees are losing. As he sits at a New York City bar watching the Yanks strike out, he knows he needs a change.

At a Columbus Circle bookstore he meets a mysterious young woman, Daphne, who draws him into the turbulent and exciting world of Vietnam War protest politics and the music of Bob Dylan and the Beatles. He starts to emerge from the numbness and grief over his father’s death in World War II.

When Daphne evolves into four separate versions of herself, Garrett’s life becomes complicated as he devotes himself to answering questions about character and destiny raised by her iterations. His obsession threatens to upend his relationship with Caroline, a beautiful art historian, destroy his teaching job, and dissolve his friendship with his old pal Jerry.

The Daphnes seem to exist in separate realities that challenge the laws of physics and call into question everything Garrett thought he knew. He must decide what is vision, what is science, and what is delusion.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda on November 12, 2019

What fun! Fans of cutting-edge science and alternate universe theories will love this novel. Daphne is different. She is about to become four different Daphne’s. The mystery for Professor Garrett Adams to solve is whether her split is a result of her living in separate realities or….. is he having v......more

Goodreads review by John on February 08, 2020

I absolutely loved this book. I found it incredibly engaging and profound. It is the perfect mix of accessible and intricate, presenting fascinating and complex ideas in a straightforward and down-to-earth way. The characters are extremely relatable and I could not wait to find out their fates. I am......more

Goodreads review by Stacey on February 07, 2020

This intriguing story will stick with you well after the final page. I really enjoyed accompanying Garrett on his journey to try to figure out his multiple Daphnes mystery, from his flashes of discovery to his lows of despair. Sometimes you need a great novel to take you to a place you've never been......more

Goodreads review by Steve on January 07, 2020

I just finished reading The Schrodinger Girl...straight through without distractions. It was that good! Wow, it took me only 30 pages to get hooked and held me until this quantum physical mystery love story came to a satisfying payoff at the end. Kudos to Laurel Brett and I highly recommend it for a......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on December 25, 2019

I really liked this book about a rather suppressed and isolated professor in the 60's coming back into his life. Garrett Adams has been just coasting through life without feelings until he meets Daphne. But Daphne isn't what she seems, leading him to research physics, learn about Schrodinger's cat a......more