Win a Copy of "Transcription" by Kate Atkinson
About "Transcription"
"Juliet is a young woman who starts working for MI5 at the beginning of WWII. At first she thinks her work transcribing the information-gathering intelligence sessions of British Fascists to be a bit boring, but soon finds herself embroiled in more interesting and harrowing events.
Pick this up if you are a fan of British historical fiction or WWII dramas."
Reviewed for you here by librarian Michelle. Publication date is set as September 25, 2018.
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I really enjoyed “The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win WW2.” I grew up very close to Oak Ridge, the small town that was responsible for building the atomic bombs used in World War 2. Many people not familiar with the area or WW2 are unaware that a small town in Tennessee was more or less built into the valley of mountains over the course of a few years for the sole purpose of military and nuclear research. An even further overlooked part of WW2 is the women who were responsible for so much of the war effort. This book brings to light both of these stories. Everyone working at Oak Ridge didn’t know what they were building, other than it was to help the war effort. Many of the women were in their late teens and early 20s, traveling far from home, alone, for the promise of a paycheck and contributing toward the war effort. The novel also covers how those originally from Oak Ridge were evicted from their homes without much explanation other than it was for the war effort. This is an important WW2 novel that embraces female empowerment, discusses the ethical issues of the war, and is unique in that it is a WW2 novel not focused on Europe or the Holocaust (albeit those are important too).
“All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr. A great read that showed humanity on both sides of the war, mixed in with some mystical realism.
Catch -22 by Joseph Heller is a classic novel around WWII.
The Nightingale, a historical fiction novel, written by Kristin Hannah