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Atomic Family
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Atomic Family Hardcover - 2023

by McElroy, Ciera Horton

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  • Hardcover

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Blair, 2023. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Details

  • Title Atomic Family
  • Author McElroy, Ciera Horton
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Blair
  • Date 2023
  • Features Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G1949467945I4N00
  • ISBN 9781949467949 / 1949467945
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 5.6 x 1.2 in (21.84 x 14.22 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Scientists
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2022025122
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.6

From the publisher

2023 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award Long List

2023 Book of the Year, Southern Literary Review

Named a 2023 Great Group read, Women's National Book Association

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. Ten-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.

Media reviews

Citations

  • Foreword, 12/27/2022, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/19/2022, Page 0

About the author

Ciera Horton McElroy (b. 1995) was raised in Orlando, Florida. She holds a BA from Wheaton College and an MFA from the University of Central Florida. Her work has appeared in AGNI, Bridge Eight, Iron Horse Literary Review, the Crab Orchard Review, and Saw Palm, among others. She currently lives in St. Louis with her husband and son.