A stunning new novel about our fiercest loyalties, our deepest desires and the transforming power of forgiveness
Jennie Fields received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is the author of the novels Lily Beach, Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, The Middle Ages, and The Age of Desire. A Chicago native, Fields was inspired by her own mother's work as a University of Chicago-trained biochemist in the 1950s. Fields now lives with her husband in Nashville, Tennessee.
Science, love, espionage, and a heroine who carves a strong path in
the world of men. There is nothing left to want
*Ann Patchett*
A highly-charged love story
*bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing*
Brimming with espionage and passion, Atomic Love shines a light on
the private lives of scientists involved with the Manhattan Project
and the growing threat of nuclear Russia. Taut, atmospheric, and
wholly immersive, Atomic Love is a thrilling read for historical
fiction lovers
*New York Times bestselling author of Next Year in Havana*
Atomic Love is so propulsive that 'page-turner' doesn't do it
justice...At the heart of it all is a brilliant, damaged woman
determined to save herself and the whole human race. The world
could not be in better hands
*author of Late Migrations*
Atomic Love had me in its thrall from page one. How rewarding to
follow these sympathetic, brilliantly drawn characters through
their affairs of state and heart. Thank you, Jennie Fields, for
this terrific, atmospheric, suspenseful and wholly gratifying
read
*author of Then She Found Me and Good Riddance*
A page-turning thriller that's also an exploration of the competing
pressures on women that still resonates today. This one goes to the
top of your pile
*author of The Art Forger*
Fields combines a paean to feminist empowerment with old-fashioned
romance...atmospheric, historically interesting escapism
*Kirkus Reviews*
Fields creates authentic female characters teetering on the verge
of the women's movement, struggling to claim their place in the
world. Inspired by history, Fields' fifth novel is a love story
filled with passion, betrayal, mystery, and liberation
*Booklist*
Full of intrigue and good old fashioned espionage, Fields has
created a flawed and ferocious heroine in the intelligent Rosalind
Porter. A captivating must-read with a cast of crafty characters so
engaging I was sad to see it come to its glorious end
*author of The Flight Girls*
The smart, warmhearted, and haunted heroine at the centre of Atomic
Love is just one of the complex characters that enrich this
imaginative page-turner. Field's sharp eye for detail never slows
the action, but sensuously immerse the reader in time and place
*author of The Chaperone*
Atomic Love lives up to its name - explosive and passionate, this
is a story that you will not want to put down, and that will
resonate long after it has ended. Fields has an unerring gift for
recreating the past, and making it live and breathe like the
present
*author of Not Our Kind*
A beautifully rendered love story entwined in a page-turning
espionage thriller. Fields packs the pages of this wonderful novel
with fascinating facts about the Cold War and characters that are
complex and compelling. A must-read!
*author of The Light After War*
This involving novel deals with the dilemma faced by so many women
of the time
*Literary Review*
A romantic spy thriller with an explosive twist
*Peterborough Telegraph*
A novel of science, love, espionage, beautiful writing, and a
heroine who carves a strong path in the world of men. There is
nothing left to want
*Ann Patchett, bestselling author of 'Commonweath'*
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