An Atomic Romance, Bobbie Ann Mason
An Atomic Romance, Bobbie Ann Mason
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An Atomic Romance

Author: Bobbie Ann Mason

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Unabridged: 7 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/27/2005

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Reed is an engineer at a uraniumenrichment plant. Despite his fathers tragic death at the plant, Reed stays on, proud of his work. As for radioactive incidents hes endured, Reed prefers to think about other things. His casual attitude toward danger infuriates his girlfriend, Julia, a biologist. So when news reports evidence of radioactive pollution at the plant, Reed and Julia face an unprecedented challenge.

About Bobbie Ann Mason

Bobbie Ann Mason is the author of a number of works of fiction, including The Girl in the Blue Beret, In Country, An Atomic Romance, and Nancy Culpepper. The groundbreaking Shiloh and Other Stories won the PEN Hemingway Award and was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Book Award, and the PEN Faulkner Award. Her memoir, Clear Springs, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has won two Southern Book Awards and numerous other prizes, including the O. Henry and the Pushcart. Former writer-in-residence at the University of Kentucky, she lives in Kentucky.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cheryl on April 16, 2023

Uranium enrichment plant meets cytopathology lab in this well-written novel. The story revolves around Reed's life containing plutonium and nuclear accidents and Julia's life dealing with germs and the possibility (or should I write inevitability) of a pandemic. When their romance is challenged, Ree......more

Goodreads review by Toni on March 22, 2021

This was a great story of character(s). I felt like these were REAL people. The prose was excellent – I was involved in lives, the nightmare/dreams, the messy lives, and big “C”. The main character, Reed, is HUGELY flawed but his actions were so realistic, so fatal. Ugh, I hated him and I understood......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on November 22, 2018

Fantastic, dark wit with passages describing characters who are like asteroids in tight orbits that never quite reach the earth. Reminded me at times of Donald Ray Pollock and Flannery O’Conner.......more

Goodreads review by Paula on June 27, 2020

This book had a ton of potential but it ended like a romance novel. Interesting information about radioactive materials. In depth layman information about plutonium and where it's used.......more

Goodreads review by M. G. A. on November 06, 2022

Audio. This one was very interesting. Haven’t read anything quite like it. An atomic romance, like the title says!......more