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A review by cmocker
The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit
3.0
I too, like most reviewers, grew tired of the first person plural narrator. However, the book was enticing enough to make me want to continue reading, while independently reading about Los Alamos and its history. My husband was a nuclear engineer and has been to Los Alamos, so I've already been curious about it.
Some parts of the story were unbelievable to hear: how couples couldn't tell their families where they were, how their children away at college couldn't come visit, how the director of Los Alamos was a peer of Rutherford and Thompson and other pioneers that I've learned about in Chemistry class.
I feel badly that people didn't seem to know how to deal with these scientists afterwards. Whether you agree with the discovery of the atomic bomb or not, I truly believe these scientists were patriots who loved science and loved their country and hoped they were doing the right thing. This is really a part of history that many people don't seem to know much about.
Some parts of the story were unbelievable to hear: how couples couldn't tell their families where they were, how their children away at college couldn't come visit, how the director of Los Alamos was a peer of Rutherford and Thompson and other pioneers that I've learned about in Chemistry class.
I feel badly that people didn't seem to know how to deal with these scientists afterwards. Whether you agree with the discovery of the atomic bomb or not, I truly believe these scientists were patriots who loved science and loved their country and hoped they were doing the right thing. This is really a part of history that many people don't seem to know much about.