The woman with two shadows : a novel of WWII

The woman with two shadows A novel of WWII

Sarah James, 1990-

Book - 2022

"Lillian Kaufman hasn't heard from her twin sister since Eleanor left for a mysterious job at an Army base somewhere in Tennessee. Then she learns that Eleanor is missing. Lillian leaves New York to sneak into the mysterious town of Oak Ridge, only to learn that Eleanor has vanished without a trace-and she's not the only one. But how do you find someone in a town so dangerous it doesn't officially exist? Forced to pretend to be Eleanor, Lillian finds herself in the epicenter of the gravest scientific undertaking of all time, with no idea who she can trust. And the more she acts like Eleanor, the more she loses her grip on herself"--

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Subjects
Manhattan Project (U.S.) > Fiction.
Twin sisters > Fiction.
Identical twins > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Tennessee > Oak Ridge > Fiction.
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Genres
Historical fiction
Novels
Published
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark [2022]
Language
English
Main Author
Sarah James, 1990- (author)
Item Description
Includes reading group guide and a conversation with the author (pages 385-389).
Physical Description
392 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN
9781728249537
Contents unavailable.
Review by Booklist Review

In 1945, the bond between twin sisters Lillian and Eleanor is tested when Eleanor is deployed to work on a top-secret military project in Tennessee. While Lillian works toward a physics degree at Columbia University, Eleanor decides to aid the war effort by joining the army. Soon after, Eleanor's boyfriend, Max, notifies Lillian that Eleanor has gone missing. When Lillian goes to the base to investigate, she discovers that Eleanor has been working with and dating the famous physicist Dr. Andrew Ennis. Lillian and Max, working together to solve the mystery of Eleanor's disappearance--with Ennis' help--also discover the base's ties to the Manhattan Project. These revelations unearth secrets about Eleanor's fate and reveal a dark side to Ennis' celebrated scientific discoveries. Debut historical novelist James centers this mysterious tale on the true story of the Oak Ridge military site and the horrific practice of human plutonium injection. Her expertly crafted plot, which alternates between Lillian and Eleanor's backstory and their present, will leave readers wanting more of her expertly researched historical saga.

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