This is a debut novel. The basis of this novel is a true event in American history. It was the only fatal nuclear accident to happen in the U.S.. Nat and Paul are a young couple with two daughters. Paul is in the military and he has been assigned to work at one of the first nuclear reactors built in the country. So the family moves to Idaho Falls. Nat is finding it to be a challenge. Making friends will not be easy. Soon after arriving they are invited to a dinner party at the home of Paul's boss, Master Sergeant Richards and his perfect wife Jeannie. Nat is definitely out of her league with the wives but the drunk Richards seems interested in her. As Paul begins his job he is shocked at the way things are run - and he begins to doubt the safety of the reactor.
With the reactor problems as the background, most of the novel is about the relationship between Nat and Paul......and did I mention that there is a really nice guy who meets Nat and is willing to help her out any way he can.
I loved the era (what pressure for those wives to present a certain façade), a little glimpse into the age of nuclear reactors and the characters.
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