Book Review : The Silent Women by Tara Lynn Masih
Rating : 4.5⭐ “Everyone knows the truth of this: It’s always hard to leave a home, a country, a partner, a way of life. But it’s also true that a homecoming can be a more perilous journey.” Meticulously researched, informative and inspiring, The Silent Women by Tara Lynn Masih is an engaging work of historical fiction that highlights the contribution of women to the WWII effort back home and in the jobs left vacant by men fighting on the front lines. The author particularly highlights the lives and work of those employed at Oak Ridge, Tennessee—the Manhattan Project’s “Secret City” as experienced and observed through the eyes of our protagonist, Song Holloway. We meet Song as an eight-year-old in Oklahoma 1935 and follow her journey over the next decade from the dust storms of Oklahoma to rural life in Andover , Massachusetts to her experiences in Oak Ridge, Tennessee where she works at a secret research facility as leak tester...