Lauren Belfer A FIERCE RADIANCE First Edition Signed
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Lauren Belfer A FIERCE RADIANCE First Edition Signed
First US edition, first print hardback of A FIERCE RADIANCE, by Lauren Belfer and published by Harper Collins Publishers, New York in 2010. Signed by Belfer on the title page.The book is in very good condition (Clean quarter bound brown boards with gold lettering on the spine) with only minor shelf wear to the dust jacket, which is not price clipped (light creasing to the edges). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no other inscriptions.
Lauren Belfer's debut novel, City of Light, was a New York Times bestseller, as well as a number one Book Sense pick, a Barnes & Noble Discover Award nominee, a New York Times Notable Book, a Library Journal Best Book, a Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, a bestseller in Great Britain, has been translated into seven languages, and was adapted into a stage play by Anthony Clarvoe. Her second novel, A Fierce Radiance, a romantic historical thriller which follows the development of penicillin during World War II in New York City. It was named one of the best novels of 2010 by The Washington Post and one of the year's five best mysteries by NPR.
"New York City is awash with a sense of purpose in 1941, in the days following the U.S.'s involvement in WWII. Emotions are heightened, and everyone wants to do something meaningful. Claire Shipley stumbles upon the greatest story of her career when she is assigned to take pictures of the scientists at the Rockefeller Institute who are working against time to develop life-saving antibiotics. Little does she know that the assignment will involve blackmail, espionage, and murder.
A Fierce Radiance is at once a thriller, a love story, a family saga, and a window into American history, evoking the pure essence of war-time New York. It portrays the tumultuous early days of World War II, when many feared that America would lose the war, when even children were caught up in the sacrifices demanded by the nation's mobilization, and when individuals clung fiercely to their loved ones, because no one could predict what tomorrow would bring."
'Lauren Belfer's story of love in the time of penicillin is enthralling. A Fierce Radiance shines with fascinating detail about a moment in American history we have mostly forgotten, when penicillin was new, miraculous, and in short supply. Belfer's powerful portrayal of how people are changed in pursuit of a miracle makes this book an especially compelling read.' - Nancy Horan, author of Loving Frank
'An engrossing and ambitious novel that vividly portrays a critical time in American history.' - Booklist, starred review
532 pages.
ISBN: 978 0 06 125251 8
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