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Enjoyed the story and learned much

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Reviewed: 03-04-24

It was a riveting story, especially the in country portion (part 1). Loved most of the characters and seeing the world through their eyes. The narration was excellent.

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Excellent Read

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Reviewed: 02-02-24

I loved the intricate, well-developed characters. As a female scientist, and a child born in 1960, I can relate very much to Elizabeth Zotts struggle.

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Every United States citizen should read this book.

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Reviewed: 01-06-24

Like - Ms Cheney’s courage and patriotism, especially her willingness to sacrifice her political career to defend the United States against authoritarian terrorists and politicians so addicted to power that they are willing to disregard facts and the Constitution. Please keep up the good fight Liz. We need to take back our country! I am a news junkie, but I still learned much I did not know reading this book.

Dislikes - that the current GOP has made this conversation necessary.

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An interesting and fun story

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Reviewed: 07-27-22

I thought the characters were pretty were well developed and the descriptions were vivid. It is an adventurous, feel good story - and we need more of those.

The only thing that was rather unrealistic is not a mention of how rank the Giraffe trailer would have become within a day or two as the animals peed and pooped. Knowing well of this from modern horse hauling over long distances, the complete silence on this logistical matter made the story less realistic.

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Informative

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Reviewed: 01-26-22

Although it was sometimes hard to keep track of all of the characters, this was a very enjoyable book. It was nice that the author profiled women from all walks of life and of varying educations and skill sets. It was fun to learn history of ORNL through their eyes.

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Good story, but unrealistic

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Reviewed: 12-11-21

I enjoyed the story and the characters were developed well. However, I did not like how the abusive men kept finding the women at the key points in the journey. That seemed very unrealistic given the miles and difficulty of the journey. I live near City of Rocks, so it was nice to hear that included.

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Truly uplifting story

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Reviewed: 10-30-21

We enjoyed this book from beginning to end. The real life characters were amazing, and we learned so much about what it e was like in war time Germany. It was inspiring how good men reacted to the terror and oppression of the Nazis, and still managed to maintain their dignity and honor. The book was superbly read, and it provides a good lesson to follow today: treat all people with kindness and reject extremism.

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Secretariat fans will love it

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Reviewed: 10-09-21

I was 13 in 1973 and Secretariat was my hero. I thought I’d read everything available about him and his connections. But I learned many new things in this book. Quite an enjoyable read.

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Very pleasant surprise

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Reviewed: 06-12-21

I wasn’t expecting anything this good. However, you are immediately drawn into the story and begin caring about the characters. The story is fascinating and based largely on truth. The women of the Smith College Relief Unit were amazing, and well ahead of their time.

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Surprisingly Good!

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Reviewed: 09-29-20

I usually don’t like books that attempt to build on a classic author’s characters, but I am making an exception here. This was a great intellectual adventure. A fine read.

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