John Duncan loses his wife and business, and struggles to support his two children in poverty until he finds work at a paint factory. As the factory's biologist, he tests waste products on rats and observes birth defects. When his daughter becomes pregnant after an accident near the factory, Duncan worries the waste may have harmed her baby, given the deformities in rats. He anxiously awaits news from the hospital about his daughter and potential grandchild's health.
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1. Title of the book:Chemical Secret
Author:Tim Vicary
Gemre:Drama
This story is about John Duncan.He is forty five years old.He was a
honest man and he was very poor , too.He and his two children were
living in the small miserable flat.He was a windower because his wife
Rachel drowned in the storm.
When she had beenalive , they used to live in big house in
the country , with a large garden.They had everything that they
needed.John and Rachel had started the boat building company , but
after Rachel died he couldnt work , so the company had closed and
he lost everything.When Duncan got the work in paint factory , they
were starting a new life.He has got two children Andrew(13) ,
Christine(16) . Duncan was a very good biologist.His factory product
paints.One day he split some of the waste products on his leg and he
had to go to the doctor , because in left ared , painful place on his
skin.In the factory he had to test the waste products on rats.He putit
in rats foods or drinking water.Some of rats born without eyes , ears
or with six legs.One day Christine and Simon were married.Another
day they met with their friends all of them sailed upstream , towards
the paint factory.They put into the pipe(from the factory) a few
paper bags full of cerment.Then the back of sail hit Christine hard on
the back of the head , so she felt into the water , but Simon saved
her.This adventure was infact more dangerous , because Christine
was pregnant.Mr Duncan remembered those rat babies with six legs
and he started to be frighten about his daughters baby.His doctor
was going to have a baby soon , so he bought many toys and baby
clothes.But he didnt give those her , because she didnt want to talk
with him.Every morning he rang a hospital , to ask if she was there.
The book was highly interesting.It was very realistic.If you want to
read absorbing story , you must read this book.