"Rachel in Love" is a 1987 science fiction short story by American writer Pat Murphy.
It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction.
When a neurologist's teenage daughter Rachel is killed, he secretly copies a recording of her personality into a chimpanzee with amplified intelligence, and teaches her sign language; however, when he dies without having told anyone that Rachel lives on, the authorities transfer her to a primatology research center.
"Rachel in Love" won the 1987 Nebula Award for Best Novelette,[1] the 1988 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award,[2] and the 1988 Locus Award for Best Novelette,[3] and was a finalist for the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
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