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"Charles and Emma" is unusual in that its focus is not a survey of Charles Darwin's life or an examination of his research, but rather his marriage to the devoutly religious Emma Wedgwood. How the Darwins managed to reconcile their opposing world views during their long and deeply loving relationship fills the book with tension.Earlier this month, "Charles and Emma" was named a 2009 National Book Award finalist for young people's literature. Appropriately enough, then, last week Heiligmen was quizzed by young people from two fifth grade classes who visited the District's Politics and Prose bookstore.Heiligman could be forgiven for feeling "just a little worried" prior to the event. There are few topics more combustible than evolution -- especially when children are involved. But this Q & A was free from the emotional outbursts and shouting matches that frequently occur when adults discuss faith and science.They asked questions like: When did Darwin live? How did he die? What was his family like? How old was his daughter Annie when she died? If Heiligman met Charles Darwin today, what would she ask him?The lesson Heiligman hopes to impart on her young readers is "that science and religion can coexist peacefully, that two people can have very different points of view and still really understand and respect the other person's point of view."hat peaceful coexistence is as true of Heiligman's marriage as it was the Darwins'.She called the book "very personal" and dedicates it to her husband, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jonathan Weiner. They met when she had just graduated from college, having majored in religious studies. He was a young science writer."I was looking at the world from a religious perspective and he was all about science," she said. "He wooed me with science, and I was someone who had taken one science course in college - Biology for Poets."

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