During WWII, Oak Ridge, TN, was home to 75,000 average American citizens . . . or so it appeared. In reality, this suburban town was so secret that it didn't appear on any map. In 1942, the government established Oak Ridge as the location for the Manhattan Project, recruiting many young women in the process. Enticing them with a substantial paycheck and the promise of serving their nation to help end the war, the government successfully hired many girls for the work — without ever divulging what, exactly, that work was. Denise Kiernan's 2014 bestselling novel, The Girls of Atomic City, is the untold story of the women who, unknowingly, helped build the atomic bomb, and how their lives — and the world — were changed forever when the secrets of Oak Ridge were exposed.
