{"product_id":"wives-of-los-alamos-1","title":"Wives of Los Alamos","description":"Finalist for the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize, a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, a Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, an Indies Choice Debut Pick, an Amazon Best Book of the Month, and winner of two New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards.\n\nThe “haunting . . . impressive” (NYTBR) National Bestseller-imagining the untold human history of the making of the atomic bomb.\n\nThey arrived in New Mexico ready for adventure, or at least resigned to it. But hope quickly turned to hardship as they were forced to adapt to a rugged military town where everything was a secret--including what their husbands were doing at the lab. Though they were strangers, they joined together--adapting to a landscape as fierce as it was absorbing, full of the banalities of everyday life and the drama of scientific discovery.\n\nWhile the bomb was being invented, babies were born, friendships were forged, children grew up, and Los Alamos gradually transformed into a real community: one that was strained by the words they couldn't say out loud or in letters, and by the freedom they didn't have. But the end of the war would bring even bigger challenges, as the scientists and their families struggled with the burden of their contribution to the most destructive force in the history of mankind.\n\nThe Wives of Los Alamos is a testament to a remarkable group of real-life women and an exploration of a crucial, largely unconsidered aspect of one of the most monumental research projects in modern history.\n\nMountains and Plains bestseller list\nDenver Post bestseller list\nMid-Atlantic bestseller list\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1620405040\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1620405040.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Nesbit, Tarashea\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41447069909050,"sku":"DBV.1620405040.G","price":4.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1620405040-0_0beeaa3d-d1cd-4750-b4c9-b357797118a9.jpg?v=1780721836","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/wives-of-los-alamos-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}