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Moving back and forth between the two stories is emmas religious expectation of an afterlife and her concern for charles loss of conventional anglican faith neither of them being biblical literalists especially in the aftermath of the death of their favourite daughter annie. Charles and emma the darwins leap of faith by deborah heiligman is exceptional as a fan of science writing biography historical settings and young adult literature i felt like charles and emma was written just for me. Charles and emma the darwins leap of faith by deborah heiligman is an exhaustively and lovingly researched account of the life of charles darwin who introduced evolution to the world and his beloved religious wife emma it is an utterly charming portrayal of a marriage of two intelligent fun people and their large brood. Charles and emma the darwins leap of faith is basically a story of charles darwins marriage to his religious wife which keeping in mind that darwin was a founder of the theory of natural selection is