Their average age was twenty-five. They came from all over the States, and arrived in New Mexico ready for adventure - or, at least, resigned to it. But hope quickly turned to hardship in the desolate military town where everything was a secret; including what their husbands were doing at the lab... They were constrained by the words they couldn't say, the letters they couldn't send, the freedom they didn't have. Though they were strangers, they joined together: babies were born, friendships were forged, and children grew ...
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Their average age was twenty-five. They came from all over the States, and arrived in New Mexico ready for adventure - or, at least, resigned to it. But hope quickly turned to hardship in the desolate military town where everything was a secret; including what their husbands were doing at the lab... They were constrained by the words they couldn't say, the letters they couldn't send, the freedom they didn't have. Though they were strangers, they joined together: babies were born, friendships were forged, and children grew up. But then 'the project' was unleashed, and even bigger challenges faced the women of Los Alamos as they struggled with the burden of their contribution towards the most destructive force in human history: the atomic bomb.
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