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Atomic Love
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Jennie Fields
Dee Andrews
, October 27, 2020
I loved the heroine Rosalind straight away—smart, independent, willing to embrace her sexuality, and not letting societal norms stop her. Based on the title and jacket copy, I expected a love story—a complicated one based on the expected 1950s norms around marriage, women having careers, and sexuality—and Atomic Love delivered. Author Jennie Fields did a brilliant job capturing the beauty and flaws that accompany love, and I appreciated a heroine experiencing it in its complexity and willing to have it on her own terms. The plot involves a love triangle and the stakes are high given the characters involvement in The Manhattan Project. This is not a historical novel about the Manhattan Project. For me, that event provided setting and character motivations. I found myself rooting for Charlie (his backstory as a POW during WW2 was interesting and heart-wrenching) yet I understood why Rosalind would consider going back to Weaver. I identified with her struggles, her motivation to do her duty and perhaps find redemption, but also her attraction to and love for Weaver. Often, love isn't rational, even for rational, sciency people. I started out disliking Weaver, but once I learned his history, I came to sympathize with his predicament and believed he truly did love Rosalind. I couldn’t figure out how Fields was going to end the story in a satisfying way. I’ll just say I loved how she wrapped it up and appreciated that the ending was left in Rosalind's very capable hands.
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When We Were Young & Brave
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Hazel Gaynor
Dee Andrews
, October 14, 2020
This is a tender and sweet story about young girls and their teachers and the bond they form during WW2. The British, American, and Dutch students and teachers are part of an international school in China that was interned for over four years as enemy aliens by the Japanese. Though the grim predicaments of the characters gave me helpful perspective about 2020, what I found most meaningful was how the characters dealt with the fear, uncertainty, lack of food and medicine, grief, and danger. Gaynor did an excellent job capturing the emotion and perspective of young adolescents and the adults whose care they were in as well as the risks and sacrifices people of all ages make during war. I often thought of my own daughters at the ages of the characters and my own reactions and choices as a mother and caregiver. I was also reminded of the power of friendship! At its end, simply, the story made me want to go back to elementary school and be a Girl Scout and sing a song. Sometimes, it truly can be something as simple as a song or planting a flower or reading a book that brings much needed relief and hope. In these times of enormous challenge, I closed the book with the reminder to find the small things of beauty and the small kindnesses of each day to bolster my spirits and keep me looking forward.
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