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""During WWII, a young wife struggles to define her role when her husband is chosen to join the secret team who will help create the radioactive fuel for the atom bomb. Instantly relatable, full of rich detail, and beautifully written, Fission will reverberate long after you read the last page.""--Jennie Fields, author of Atomic Love ""Schover's story provides a quiet, domestic perspective on the Manhattan Project . . . but the softer approach works for this story . . . Doris, with her dogged determination not to sit still for the rest of her life, is a uniquely powerful depiction of a 1940s housewife.""--Kirkus Reviews ""An evocative, richly detailed portrayal of love and betrayal during one of history's most secretive operations . . . a powerful and impactful story that I'll certainly remember long after setting it down.""--Readers' Favorite, 5-star review "". . . enjoyable to read and very believable, as it describes life in Oak Ridge well.""--D. Ray Smith, Oak Ridge historian and author of the column ""Historically Speaking"" ""Fission delves into the constraints imposed on women who dared to harbor ambitions beyond being homemakers and mothers . . . an interesting and highly accessible account of this world-changing time and place.""--Galina Vromen, author of Hill of Secrets

"". . . enjoyable to read and very believable, as it describes life in Oak Ridge well.""--D. Ray Smith, Oak Ridge historian and author of the column ""Historically Speaking"" ""An evocative, richly detailed portrayal of love and betrayal during one of history's most secretive operations . . . a powerful and impactful story that I'll certainly remember long after setting it down.""--Readers' Favorite ""Fission delves into the constraints imposed on women who dared to harbor ambitions beyond being homemakers and mothers . . . an interesting and highly accessible account of this world-changing time and place.""--Galina Vromen, author of Hill of Secrets

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Leslie R. Schover is a renowned psychologist who brings her knowledge of people, relationships, and sexuality to her first novel. Formerly a professor of behavioral science at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, her digital health company, Will2Love.com, won an Innovation Prize in the Astellas C3 Changing Cancer Care contest, and she has received the Holland Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Psychosocial Oncology Association and the Excellence in Clinical Health Psychology Award from the Society for Health Psychology. Leslie lives in Houston, Texas.

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