Overview
Reed Futrell is an engineer at a uranium-enrichment plant in heartland America. His father worked at the very same plant before him. Despite his father's death in a tragic accident at the atomic plant years ago, Reed stays on, proud to perform demanding and dangerous work for the benefit of the nation. As for the radioactive ""incidents"" he has endured, Reed prefers to think about other things, such as Hubble photographs of distant galaxies, Albert Einstein, his dog. Reed's casual attitude toward danger infuriates his on-again-off-again girlfriend, Julia, a biologist. Julia is truly Reed's match. Both are witty, curious, and fascinated by science. But when deformed frogs are discovered and news reports reveal evidence of radioactive pollution surrounding the plant, Reed and Julia face an unprecedented challenge.
Full Product Details
Author: Bobbie Ann Mason ,
Mark Bramhall
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.60cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 12.60cm
Weight: 0.236kg
ISBN: 9780786177318
ISBN 10: 0786177314
Publication Date: 07 September 2005
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
""[Mason's] well-drawn characters are both humbled and haunted by the world in which they live."" -- ""Booklist"" ""Mason conjures utterly believable, ordinary characters in extraordinary circumstances to take a penetrating look at America's nuclear legacy...Mason packs a punch with a light touch, commenting on the missteps of the past and how we have to live with them."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Mason is a good-natured observer whose narratives are braided with the quotidian routine of consumer culture."" -- ""Washington Post Book World"" ""Putting her own distinctive spin on the subject, Mason makes An Atomic Romance a Southern heritage novel with a twist...Witty flourishes brighten Mason's writing...The book is also peppered with scary yet quirky background detail."" -- ""New York Times Book Review"" ""Rich, evocative language...[Mason] succeeds by relying on sexy repartee about string theory, a disarmingly addled hero in love with a charmingly sincere heroine and [an] incisive vision of modern families."" -- ""Richmond Times-Dispatch""
Author Information
Bobbie Ann Mason is the author of The Girl in the Blue Beret, In Country, Shiloh and Other Stories, An Atomic Romance, Nancy Culpepper, and a memoir, Clear Springs. She is the winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, two Southern Book Awards, and numerous other prizes, including the O. Henry and the Pushcart. She was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. She is former writer-in-residence at the University of Kentucky. Mark Bramhall is an award-winning actor and narrator. He has won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards, been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award in 2008 and 2013, and been named a ""Best Voice of the Year"" by Publishers Weekly.
