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Atomic family : a novel / Ciera Horton McElroy.

Summary:

"A South Carolina family endures one life-shattering day in 1961 in a town that lies in the shadow of a nuclear bomb plant. It's November 1, 1961, in a small town in South Carolina, and nuclear war is coming. Nine-year-old Wilson Porter believes this with every fiber of his being. He prowls his neighborhood for Communists and studies fallout pamphlets and the habits of his father, a scientist at the nuclear plant in town. Meanwhile, his mother Nellie covertly joins an anti-nuclear movement led by angry housewives--and his father, Dean, must decide what to do with the damning secrets he's uncovered at the nuclear plant. When tragedy strikes, the Porter family must learn to confront their fears--of the world and of each other"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781949467949
  • ISBN: 1949467945
  • Physical Description: 263 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: [Durham, NC] : Blair, [2023]
Subject:
Nuclear power plants > Fiction.
Cold War > Fiction.
Nuclear warfare > Fiction.
Paranoia > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Scientists > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Secrecy.
South Carolina > Fiction.
Genre:
Novels.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 13 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library FIC MCELROY (Text) 36015001881271 Adult Fiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library FIC MCELROY (Text) 36015001881289 Adult Fiction Available -

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