{"product_id":"9780008209315_the-atomic-weight-of-love","title":"The Atomic Weight of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA luminous and enthralling story of birds and science, ambition and sacrifice, revolutions – both big and small – and the late blooming of an unforgettable woman.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1941, spirited and adventurous Meridian Wallace begins her ornithology studies at the University of Chicago. The last thing she expects is to fall in love with a man two decades older: her brilliant physics professor, Alden Whetstone – or for him to be recruited to Los Alamos, New Mexico, to take part in a mysterious wartime project.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeridian agrees to give Alden a year of her life, deferring her own ambitions for the sake of her husband’s. But hers is a world, and a time, in which a wife cannot be a scientist and a woman cannot choose her own destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the decades pass, Meridian strives to resist the clipping of her wings, torn between who she is and who circumstances demand her to be. It is a struggle that will make her enemies and lead to heartache, but which also offers the possibility of freedom, friendship and transformation…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth J Church","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267874799765,"sku":"9780008209315","price":8.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008209315.png?v=1776890020","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008209315_the-atomic-weight-of-love","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}