Next meeting November 27-Nightingale
At our October 30th program, we discussed The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan. All felt this was a book that covered a topic little of us knew about and serves as an important work on women's history. Personally, I didn't like how it jumped around the timeline and the author's technique of compartmentalizing the information to demonstrate the methods employed at the site made it difficult to engage in the book. Overall though, the group liked it and appreciated learning about tubealloy and the Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Girls of Atomic City - October 30
At our September 25th meeting, we discussed The Book that Matters Most by Ann Hood. Everyone enjoyed the book and we had a great discussion on the books that matter most to us. Overall, we liked the story progression and didn't focus much on the book titles featured. We had Pepperidge Farm Lemon Cake and watermelon. The hot weather was also perfect for having lemonade.
Summary of Girls of Atomic City:
"This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities. All knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb "Little Boy" was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The reverberations from their work there, work they did not fully understand at the time, are still being felt today."
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