The Girls of Atomic City: by Denise Kiernan | Conversation Starters: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

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The Girls of Atomic City: by Denise Kiernan | Conversation Starters
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Many people are familiar with the famous image of Rosie the Riveter that circulated throughout the World War II era. In fact, today, Rosie the Riveter has become a bit of an icon for women. However, many people do not know the story of the woman behind the image. Denise Kiernan has set out to tell that story with her biographical novel, The Girls of Atomic City. The book tells the story of the women who worked on the Manhattan Project without knowing they were helping to supply uranium to create the first atomic bomb.

In its first week of sales, The Girls of Atomic City became a New York Times bestseller.



A Brief Look Inside:

EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,
and the characters and its world still live on.
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
bring us beneath the surface of the page
and invite us into the world that lives on.

These questions can be used to..


Create Hours of Conversation:
• Foster a deeper understanding of the book
• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before

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Genres: Nonfiction

67 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 1, 2016

Reviews

[Beth Gibson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I live in a Manhattan Project sister city to Oak Ridge, TN, Hanford, Washington. Our history is also steeped in building the atomic bomb. So I was curious what the experience was like on the other side of the country. It seems many experiences were the same. But it does seem like more women were recruited and brought in as secretaries and clerks. Single women in particular. They had about as little understanding of what was really going on as we did here. All we knew was it was something to help the war effort. The book focuses on a few specific individuals and their experiences. It does get a bit dry and tedious at times. But I did like that the story does a good job of highlighting the fact that not all heroes carry weapons, and that we had plenty of heroes right here at home.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A unique angle of seemingly small but not insignificant contributions in World War II as told by the women who lived through it. The portrayal of women in World War II has historically been that of the “Rosie the Riveter” archetype. This book describes the day-to-day lives of women living and working in Oak Ridge, TN as they unknowingly labored to build factories and enrich the uranium that would ultimately be used to create the atomic bomb.