I felt myself longing to soar along with him in the realm of pure ideas, of complete and total academic isolation.” They marry before he relocates to Los Alamos for the war effort she eventually follows, and her plans to pursue a Ph.D. Meridian earns a scholarship to the University of Chicago in 1941, and soon attracts Alden Whetstone, a physics professor whom she describes as “a wholly intellectual creature barely cognizant of the physical world and its requirements. in ornithology, but is derailed by love and its consequences. Her mother, a biologist, followed him to Los Alamos, where Church grew up.Ĭhurch tells the story of Meridian Wallace, an ambitious young woman who aims to earn her Ph.D. Church’s father was a research chemist recruited to the Manhattan Project. Church’s debut novel, The Atomic Weight of Love draws on her personal history to spin a compelling tale of an intelligent woman whose dreams are deferred in service to her husband’s nuclear work. Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
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Exile by Sara Vogler & Jan Burchett, 2006.Deception by Sara Volger & Jan Burchett, 2005.Betrayal by Patricia Finney, Doubleday, 2004, ISBN 978-5-5.Assassin by Patricia Finney, Doubleday, 2004, ISBN 978-4-8.The series is written in alphabetical order, leading to hopes that there would be another 14 (M–Z) however, none have been published for the past 11 years. All authors write under the pseudonym "Grace Cavendish". The first three books, Assassin, Betrayal, Conspiracy, and the later Feud, were written by Patricia Finney, while the other books are co-written by Sara Volger and Jan Burchett. The first book, Assassin, was published in 2004. The stories are set in 15, and there are twelve books so far: Assassin, Betrayal, Conspiracy, Deception, Exile, Feud, Gold, Haunted, Intrigue, Jinx, Keys, and Loot. The books are written in the style of a diary, With each book revolving around Lady Grace attempting to solve a mystery within the royal court. The Lady Grace Mysteries is a detective fiction series about escapades of Lady Grace Cavendish, a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth I. ( May 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. Vuong's writings have been featured in The Atlantic, Harpers, The Nation, New Republic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Village Voice, and American Poetry Review, which awarded him the Stanley Kunitz Prize for Younger Poets. A Ruth Lilly fellow from the Poetry Foundation, his honors include fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, The Elizabeth George Foundation, The Academy of American Poets, and the Pushcart Prize. Eliot Prize, the Whiting Award, the Thom Gunn Award, and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. 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An elf who sparks a violent, forbidden desire in Lysander. A vampire seeking to bring down the Brotherhood for good. A stubborn, prideful, fool of an elf who doesn’t know when to quit. Walking away is the right thing to do, but the detective and Zaine are hunting the same killer-a vampire who knows more about both of them and the Brotherhood than anyone realizes. He can’t stop thinking about the intelligent, handsome, haunted man. And he was doing just fine until he saved Detective Eric Sharpe from a vicious vampire attack. All Zaine has to do is hunt and kill the savage nyktelios vampires and keep his head down. There’s one rule above all others the Brotherhood stand by. After betraying himself and the Blackrose Brotherhood fifty years ago, Zaine can’t afford another mistake. Now he’s back to reclaim what’s his: Detective Eric Sharpe. And the mysterious man? Fifteen years ago, Eric killed him. Not only does the mysterious man know Eric’s an undercover cop, he knows exactly what Eric did fifteen years ago-an event so traumatic Eric has been trying to bury it ever since. His plan is faultless but for one thing: the handsome, mysterious man who arrives moments before Eric’s plan comes to fruition. When a lowlife drug dealer kills his partner and escapes justice, Eric plots his own revenge. |