Stephen P. Kiernan
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English
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"Graduating from Harvard at the height of World War II, brilliant mathematician Charlie Fisk is assigned to the Manhattan Project. Working with some of the age's greatest scientific minds, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard, Charlie is assigned the task of designing and building the detonator of the atomic bomb. As he performs that work Charlie suffers a crisis of conscience, which his wife, Brenda--unaware of the true...
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The skills and experience of a seasoned hospice nurse are tested by her soldier husband's battle with PTSD, but she finds a way to help him with the assistance of one of her patients, a dying former history professor who shares with her stories of World War II.
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From the critically acclaimed author of Universe of Two and The Baker's Secret, a novel of hope, healing, and the redemptive power of art, set against the turmoil of post-World War II France and inspired by the life of Marc Chagall
"[A] spellbinding fable of sanctuary, art, and recovery." — Booklist (starred review)
World War II is over. Amid jubilation in the streets of France, however, there
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2023]
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English
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One month after the end of WWII, Asher, a former assassin in the Resistance burdened by grief and guilt, arrives at le Chateau Guerin, where he discovers the redemptive power of art as he helps create glass windows for the bombed cathedrals of France.
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A provocative, inspiring account of our neglected American ideals and the people who are living them today- and restoring our nation's dream.
Patriotism has become a loaded word: one that is wielded against people with whom we might disagree, or whose cultural origins don't match our own. But, our founding fathers-Washington, Jefferson, Adams, and others-saw patriotism as a dynamic force: an act of service, in an evolving nation that defined its...