Simply to Die for by Joyce Christmas
Winner, Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Fiction>Vine National Canadian Jewish Book Awards (Fiction), Shortlist>Inspired by the true story of a dangerous atomic weapon and the man who designed it, here is a stunning novel of morality, creation, and loss from the acclaimed author of>The Honey Farm and>Natural Killer. It is August 12, 1945. Tomorrow, August Snow will be tried at the International War Crimes Court for patenting a more lethal variation on the atomic bomb. He invented a radiation machine to cure his young daughter's cancer, despite knowing that the very same technology was capable of great destruction, and inevitably profited from disaster. But are his intentions relevant when the fate of the world is at stake? August's former wife, June, will also attend the hearing. Restless in her Hague hotel room the night before, she keeps watch over their daughter and reflects on the events that brought them here. She had nothing to do with making the bomb. But is she innocent? Wouldn't any wife and mother have done the same thing in her shoes? And now, will it cost her everything? Inspired by the physicist Le Szil rd and the letters he wrote his wife, Gertrud Trude Weiss, Let It Destroy You>is told in parallel narratives and ventures from Budapest to Berlin to Colorado, and back to Europe. It is a love story about two people whose destinies are bound by everything they share, and all that they've kept from one another. Above all, it is a testament to the logic-defying love of a parent who will stop at nothing to protect their child.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780449145395 |
| ISBN 10 | 0449145395 |
| Title | Simply to Die for |
| Author | Joyce Christmas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fawcett Books |
| Year published | 1989-09-30 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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