Book: Atomic Anna
Author: Rachel Barenbaum
Pages: 449
This is my 187th read for the year
This is the story of three women. Anna - a brillian scientist in the early part of the century whose life changes on the day of the Chernobyl explosion. Her daughter Molly and Molly's daughter, Raisa get intertwined with Anna's life when the explosion throws Anna ahead in time where she sees Molly shot and dying. Anna goes about trying to figure out how to build the time machine so that she can save Molly and fullfill Molly's request of then saving Raisa. Throughout the story we go back and forth in time over the course of all three women's lives to see what brought them to this moment and what it would take to change it.
I found this book for $2 at a used bookstore and thought it seemed interesting. And it was. I really enjoyed the story and the flow of the book. I think it is well written with good character development. I liked most the characters and there was just a hint of mystery as the story went along, but not so much to keep the reader unnecessarily in the dark. I was surprised when I looked this book up on Amazon that it only had 200 reviews because I think it was great. Time travel done right!
Stars: 4.5
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