A Fierce Radiance --Book Review

As a determined nation mobilizes for war in the anxious days after Pearl Harbor, beautiful, talented Life magazine photojournalist Claire Shipley finds herself on top of one of the most important stories on the home front. In the quiet labs of New York City’s renowned Rockefeller Institute, some of the country’s brightest doctors and researchers are racing to find a cure that will save the lives of thousands of wounded American soldiers, as well as countless others—a miraculous new drug they call penicillin. Lauren Belfer dazzled readers with her debut novel City of Light. In this highly anticipated follow up, she deftly captures the uncertainty and spirit, dreams and hopes of a nation at war. A sweeping tale of love and betrayal, intrigue and idealism, A Fierce Radiance is an ambitious and deeply engaging novel from an author of immense talent.( Good reads.com)

Thanks to Harper for the book and this is my Honest Review. This book is already out now.

This is story of Jaime and Claire and how penicillin comes to be , and the progress it took. This book was also a mystery because some gets killed and Claire is trying to figure out whether or not someone committed suicide , when it didn't that they would.

This was a different time period for me to get into and realize that both Claire and Jaime , who were both in love with each other , still slept around with different people. I guess during the war , people got lonely. It was interesting that Claire brought Jaime to meet her boy and had him call him Uncle..which I now understand why...

Claire also has a rough relationship with her father. They have been apart  and now they finally start interacting. Claire's father is rich and he plays a part in the book. I find it interesting that Claire's child always seemed to hanging with the Grand father and that Claire wasn't always around to be raising him.

This book was interesting , but in the middle it lagged and I had to push myself to finish this book. After a while I didn't feel any connection to both characters.

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