The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
A War, World War II, History book. I hope for some sort of peacebut I fear that machines are ahead of...
The incredible story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history.The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project’s secret cities, it didn't appear on any maps until 1949, and yet at the height of World War II it was using more electricity than New York City...
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Case in point: On one of their first dates, he brought her a box of Ivory Flakes soap. Who needs flowers? Roses fade, but flaky soap available from the PX lasted months. Having Ivory Flakes was a rarity in itself, and also saved her valuable timeone less line to stand in, only to find that the grocer was out. Again. That was romance, as far as Colleen was concerned. Maybe this guy was a keeper after all. Denise Kiernan, The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II // On occasion, people who tried to write family members living at Site X by addressing the letters to Oak Ridge got those letters returned to sender with a note reading simply: There is no such place as Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Denise Kiernan, The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II // seemed to know what was going on, not even the Denise Kiernan, The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II //
Despite it taking me over two months to finish this due to holidays and just "life," I found this very fascinating. I think the title is a bit misleading, as really it's about the whole Project, and I didn't feel it really was about the women, but rather was told through their eyes. I'm sure many of the men had similar experiences,... What I was expecting:What I got: Honestly. What a snoozefest. The Girls of Atomic City is crippled by its lack of focus. Kiernan attempts to tell three stories and winds up telling no stories - or three poorly developed, dull stories:1. The story of women working in Oak Ridge, TN.2. The biographical sketches of a smattering of the women... Overall a pretty good, informative, and entertaining book about a part of American history that is pretty much all but forgotten... and unknown.The book is more a series of short stories from different women that are somewhat interwoven together over their tenure in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Like a lot of short stories, you fail to really...
