Every once in a while I read a book that is so beautifully written it actually brings me to tears. Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins is such a book.
This is the story of Fos and Opal, who fall in love after WWI, under the stars of the Perseid meteor shower. Fos is a true believer in science, studying anything that lights up. Opal has her own kind of down home brilliance, and they couldn't be more in love.
Fos comes to question his belief in science when his work is used to help create the Atom bomb and the X-ray machine he is so proud of exposes Opal to harmful levels of radiation.
This poetic novel illuminates the world in a way we have never seen it before. It is tender, beautiful, heartbreaking, inspiring and wholly original. Highly recommended.
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