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Set in the first 1900s, the book follows young Lucia Rutkowska who, because of the influence of her precious grandmother, escapes the Warsaw ghetto to are a kitchen maid in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the bustling city of Paris. Too talented on her behalf lowly position, Lucia is thrown out on the street. Her only recourse is to have a job working for a married few - two disorganized, alternatively poor scientists so sidetracked by their work that their house and young child tend to be neglected. Lucia soon bonds with her eccentric employers, observing as their use radioactive materials increases increasing noticed by the world, then increasing to popularity as the fantastic Marie and Pierre Curie. Soon all of Paris is alight with the news of the impending visit from Eusapia Palladino, the world's most famous medium. It really is through her now famous employers that Lucia attends Eusapia's gatherings and eventually comes under the medium's spell, departing the Curie home to visit with Palladino to Italy. Finally, Lucia is located directly in the crosshairs of faith versus science. Furthermore real, the glowing substances of the Curie laboratory or the glowing visions that encompass the medium during her séance?