The Atomic Weight of Love

Posted on 24 April 2017 by Elizabeth J. Church

In the spirit of The Aviator s Wife and Loving Frank, this resonant debut spans the years from World War II through the Vietnam War to tell the story of a woman whose scientific ambition is caught up in her relationships with two very different men.For Meridian Wallace and many other smart, driven women of the 1940s being ambitious meant being an outlier Ever since she was a young girl, Meridian had been obsessed with birds, and she was determined to get her PhD, become an ornithologist, and make her mother s sacrifices to send her to college pay off But she didn t expect to fall in love with her brilliant physics professor, Alden Whetstone When he s recruited to Los Alamos, New Mexico, to take part in a mysterious wartime project, she reluctantly defers her own plans and joins him What began as an exciting intellectual partnership devolves into a traditional marriage And while the life of a housewife quickly proves stifling, it s not until years later, when Meridian meets a Vietnam veteran who opens her eyes to how the world is changing, that she realizes just how much she has given up The repercussions of choosing a different path, though, may be too heavy a burden to bear Elizabeth Church s stirring debut novel about ambition, identity, and sacrifice will ring true to every woman who has had to make the impossible choice between who she is and who circumstances demand her to be. 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Church ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Update Kindle has this for 1.99 today It s FANTASTIC I listened to the audiobook loved the audiobook but I d read it just as much I just can t say enough good things about this book I really really really liked it a lot THE AUDIOBOOK LITERALLY HELD ME HOSTAGE My feet were walking on the trail and time flew by Meridian Wallace is an aspiring ornithologist a student in college Nothing about this tidbit information or the blub or even the book cover as eye catching as it is Update Kindle has this for 1.99 today It s FANTASTIC I listened to the audiobook loved the audiobook but I d read it just as much I just can t say enough good things about this book I really really really liked it a lot TH...4 This was my favorite fictional read of the month Meridian is pursuing her dream of becoming an ornithologist, able to attend the University of Chicago by a mother who wants the nest for her daughters There she meets and eventually marries on of her professors who seems to treasure Meri s mind Alden is a brilliant scientist himself and will soon become one of the team at Los Alamos, working on a secret project.Life in the 1940 s was narrowly defined for most women College until marriage an 4 This was my favorite fictional read of the month Meridian is pursuing her dream of becoming an ornithologist, able to attend the University of Chicago by a mother who wants the nest for her daughters There she meets and eventually marries on of her professors who seems to treasure Meri s mind Alden is a brilliant scientist himself and will soon become one of the team at Los Alamos, working on a secret project.Life in the 1940 s was narrowly defined for most women College until marriage and then sacrificing their own...The Atomic Weight of Love The Atomic Weight Of Love is a work of historical fiction that follows the life of Meridian Meri Wallace We first meet her in the 1940 s, as a naive 17 year old studying to become an Ornithologist at the University of Chicago and someone who by all accounts, has a promising career ahead of her.At university she meets and shortly marries her teacher Alden Whetstone, an eminent Physicist who would eventually become involved in the development of the atomic bomb.At its The Atomic Weight of Love The Atomic Weight Of Love is a work of historical fiction that follows the life of Meridian Meri Wallace We first meet her in the 1940 s, as a naive 17 year old studying to become an Ornithologist at the University of Chicago and someone who by all accounts, has a promisi...4.5 StarsIt s keeping promises, not making them, that is the impossible thing.I d read The Wives of Los Alamos in 2015, which is also about the families of the men behind the creation of the Atomic bomb When I first heard about The Atomic Weight of Love I passed on it since it seemed a similar take on the same story, but after reading Diane s review , I began to rethink tha...4.75 The author sets her story in the place where she grew up Her father did help create the bomb and her mother, a biologist, chose to join him and live life as a committed wife and mother in a community and timewhere for the most part a woman was expected to acquiesce to her husband s wishes and invest her talents in her childrenShe wanted to write a story about a woman who might have bridged the differences between those times of the matriarchs in her family and her own experiences and 4.75 The author sets her story in the place where she grew up Her father did help create the bomb and her mother, a biologist, chose to join him and live life as a committed wife and mother in a community and timewhere for the most part a woman was expected to acquiesce to her husband s wishes and invest her talents in her childrenShe wanted to write a story about a woman who might have bridged the differences between those times of the matriarchs in her family and her ...2017 NEWS THE PAPERBACK EDITION IS OUT NOW 15.95Rating 4 of fiveAt long, long last, a book about a woman s life of rigorous self denial and eventual blossoming that cleanses the humid, metallic bloodiness of The Awakening...We have to take flight It s not given to us, served up on a pretty, parsley bordered platter We have to take wing Was I brave enough to do that Or would I be content to remain earthbound 4.5 starsI relished this story of Meridian Meri Whetstone her life, her marriage, her career, and her choices While I questioned some of the actions of the characters, this is a book which felt very authentic The plot focuses on the outcome of Meri s deicis...In Church s debut, an amateur ornithologist learns about love and sacrifice through marriage to a Los Alamos physicist and a relationship with a Vietnam veteran Torn between two men who mean so much to her, Meri has to consider what her true duties are There was no good solution No clear way out, no approach that would earn the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, she wryly observes I instantly warmed to Meri as a narrator and loved following her unpredictable life story Church reveals the In Church s debut, an amateur ornithologist learns about love and sacrifice through marriage to a Los Alamos physicist and a relationship with a Vietnam veteran Torn between two men who mean so much to her, Meri has to consider what her true duties are There was no good solution No clear way out, no approach that would earn the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, she wryly observes I instantly warmed to Meri as a narrator and loved following...I wantstars for this book It s the best thing I ve read this year, and I m the perfect reader for it though I can easily see how it is not at a for everyone Coincidentally it s the book that put me to the finish line on my reading challenge for the year, which delights me It s ...As an eighty seven year old woman, Meri writes her memoir.Meridian Whetstone had a healthy, loving relationship with her parents, both father and mother, but is endorced and supported by her mother to become the ornithologist she wanted to be.Her mother, working several odd jobs to keep her at university, after her dather s passing, never complained A love defined by mother s instinct.Meri met a physicist, professor Alden Whetstone, twenty one years older than her, fell madly in love with his As an eighty seven year old woman, Meri writes her memoir.Meridian Whetstone had a healthy, loving relationship with her parents, both father and mother, but is endorced and supported by her mother to become the ornithologist she wanted to be.Her mother, working several odd jobs to keep her at university, after her dather s p...

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24 April 2017

Elizabeth J. Church