At what pH could histidine best be precipitated and filtered from a solution of amino acids?
I said to myself, this girl must be going to school to be a doctor and if she's as confused by the question as I am, she's in trouble.
Trouble doesn't even begin to describe what Josephine Daly is. A college junior, study pre-med, she's drowning in science classes and trying her very best to keep her head above water. She has virtually no social life, with the exception of talking to the girls at her sorority or those that happen to be at the library while she's studying. It's not until a very disruptive William "Hawk" Hawkins enters her life that Joey realizes that all decisions are subject to change and it's ok to take a different course than the one that was designated for you.
This book made me sad because Joey was forced down a career path that had been guilted on her. College is hard enough without having to have the added pressure of being the next Dr. Daly, in a long line of Dr, Daly's. Sure, Joey had said that was what she wanted to do when she was ten, but her family never gave her the option of saying "I changed my mind" when she turned eighteen. Instead, she was killing herself doing something in the memory of her dead father because that was what was expected of her. On a certain level, I could understand why Joey never said anything or maybe why her mother pushed her to do it, but in the end I would have hoped her mother would have realized what was going on, despite what Joey said, and forced her to be honest. The only person who really makes Joey take a good hard look at what she's doing is Hawk.
Hawk had his own set of issues, a struggling bar and an out-of-control sister, but he was trying. He didn't expect anything from the uptight girl who sat next to him in his business class, but Joey got under his skin. Beneath all his gruffness was a guy who had a hard time with his emotions and understanding love doesn't always have to hurt. He may have taken a few things out on Joey and hurt her feelings, but he always found a way to get back with her because she filled an empty place in his life.
This was a story full of angst and a tiny bit of new adult drama, but one that I couldn't put down. I loved the journey Joey took to discover exactly what she wanted to do with her and life and how what seemed impossible with Hawk came together in the end. Definitely one to read.