Book description
This poetic historical novel, set between the world wars, tells the story of an American couple and their adopted son, Lightfoot. Fos, a chemist intrigued with constellations, bioluminescence and x-rays, returns from the war in France and falls in love with Opal, the daughter of a glassblower on the Outer…
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1 author picked Evidence of Things Unseen as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I discovered Marianne Wiggins through this stellar novel, which was a National Book Award Finalist.
It’s an epic love story spanning many decades and two wars, and what I especially appreciated was Wiggins’ ability to weave in both the beauty and physics of light, the science of electricity and radiation.
These elements are present when the story begins, and when the story leaves Oak Ridge, where the uranium was enriched, the atomic bomb and fallout continue to follow the couple’s son, aptly named Lightfoot. I felt like I became Lightfoot, navigating my own views and understanding of the atomic age…
From Tara's list on Tara Lynn Masih's favorite fiction and poetry books that navigate the atomic age.
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