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The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit

thefictionaddictionblog's review

4.0

TaraShea Nesbit's novel The Wives of Los Alamos is told in first-person plural, and yet it never seems like an experiment in a creative writing workshop. By describing how we came to Los Alamos by train, and car, and airplane, or how the water shortage left us unable to wash our hair, the narration is simultaneously small and large. It's a chorus of individual experiences, telling one story. Throughout the book, she blends details of daily life, like a husband tired and cranky after a long day at work, with the work going on all around, creating the bombs that killed millions.

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sarahmarcotte's review

2.0

I found this in the library and I was very excited to read it, but I couldn't get past the fact that it was written in first person plural. I thought it was too confusing.