Atomic Family

Narrated by Roman Howell; Megan Tusing
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Pub Date Feb 28 2023 | Archive Date Feb 21 2023

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Description

A South Carolina family endures one life-shattering day in 1961 in a town that lies in the shadow of a nuclear bomb plant. It's November 1, 1961, in a small town in South Carolina, and nuclear war is coming. Ten-year-old Wilson Porter believes this with every fiber of his being. He prowls his neighborhood for Communists and studies fallout pamphlets and the habits of his father, a scientist at the nuclear plant in town. Meanwhile, his mother Nellie covertly joins an anti-nuclear movement led by angry housewives-and his father, Dean, must decide what to do with the damning secrets he's uncovered at the nuclear plant. When tragedy strikes, the Porter family must learn to confront their fears-of the world and of each other.

A South Carolina family endures one life-shattering day in 1961 in a town that lies in the shadow of a nuclear bomb plant. It's November 1, 1961, in a small town in South Carolina, and nuclear war...


Advance Praise

"Powerful debut...McElroy writes with veracity about the effects of nuclear waste on the land and water, and brings to life the strange mix of terror and naivete of the era."—Publishers Weekly Starred Review

"Atomic Family is a sharp portrait of a family unraveling under the pressure of the paranoia of the Cold War arms race" —Foreword Reviews

Atomic Family is a wholly original, gripping, and stunningly crafted story of one family’s attempt to cope with the fears and uncertainty of the nuclear age. Ciera Horton McElroy captures the fragility of a young boy and his parents as they struggle with their own personal demons in the face of potential catastrophe. Atomic Family is as lyrical and assured as it is devastating.” —Diane Chamberlain, New York Times bestselling author of The Last House on the Street

"Powerful debut...McElroy writes with veracity about the effects of nuclear waste on the land and water, and brings to life the strange mix of terror and naivete of the era."—Publishers Weekly...


Available Editions

EDITION Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN 9798765083604
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
DURATION 8 Hours, 46 Minutes

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