· The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church is Meridian Wallace looking back on her life. Meridian excelled in science and math. She loved 5/5(39). Elizabeth J. Church is the author of THE ATOMIC WEIGHT OF LOVE, which was a #1 Indie Next List selection and a Target Club Pick, and was shortlisted by the ABA Indies Choice Book Awards for adult debut book of the year and the Reading the West Book Awards for best adult fiction. ALL THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS is her second novel/5(K). · Church’s mother, a biologist, eventually joined her husband in Los Alamos. While The Atomic Weight of Love is not their story, it is the story of many of the women who sacrificed their careers so that their husbands could pursue unique opportunities in scientific research. Along with other Los Alamos children, Church grew up in an environment that gave her ready access both to nature Brand: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Review of "The Atomic Weight of Love" by Elizabeth J. Church Posted on 05/13/ by rhapsodyinbooks This engrossing book is about a would-be ornithologist in the 's, Meridian ("Meri") Wallace, who, while a student at the University of Chicago, meets physicist Alden Whetstone (twenty years Meri's senior), and agrees to give up. May Elizabeth J. Church's debut novel, THE ATOMIC WEIGHT OF LOVE, is one of those multi-layered books that has one thinking about the road not taken, as well as the changing roles of women through the years. The book opens in Chicago during the height of World War II, where Meridian Wallace is happily studying ornithology at the University of Chicago. Elizabeth J. Church was born in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Her father, a research chemist, was drafted out of Carnegie Mellon University, where he was pursuing his graduate studies, and was sent to join other scientists working in secret on the Manhattan Project. While The Atomic Weight of Love is not their story, it is the story of many of.
The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church (1st Novel) Single Sentence Summary: The remarkable life story of a brilliant woman who falls victim to the expectations of the times she lives in, while still searching for her role in the world as it changes. Primary Characters: Meridian Wallace – a woman of science from the time she was a child. The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church is Meridian Wallace looking back on her life. Meridian excelled in science and math. She loved birds and wanted to pursue a career in ornithology. Exquisitely capturing the claustrophobic eras of s and s America, The Atomic Weight of Love also examines the changing roles of women during the decades that followed. And in Meridian Wallace we find an unforgettable heroine whose metamorphosis shows how the women’s movement opened up the world for a whole generation.
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