Kristen Iversen

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“Intimate…Powerful…A potent examination of the dangers of secrecy…A serious and alarming book [with] its share of charming moments.”--The New York Times

"Beautifully fuses Iversen's personal saga of maturation with the profoundly shocking history of the Rocky Flats site that few bothered to inform themselves about . . . a beautiful memoir that recognizes the inevitable intrusion of greater social forces in all our lives and the risk we take in ignoring them." – Denver Post

“Terrifyingly Brilliant”

"This terrifyingly brilliant book - as perfectly crafted and meticulously assembled as the nuclear bomb triggers that lie at its core - is a savage indictment of the American strategic weapons industry, both haunting in its power, and yet wonderfully, charmingly human as a memoir of growing up in the Atomic Age." – SIMON WINCHESTER, author of The Professor and the Madman and Atlantic. (Photo with Daniel Ellsberg)

“Personal and Powerful”

“One of the most important stories of the nuclear era—as personal and powerful as Silkwood, told with the suspense and narrative drive of The Hot Zone. With unflinching honesty, Kristen Iversen has written an intimate and deeply human memoir that shows why we should all be concerned about nuclear safety, and the dangers of ignoring science in the name of national security . . . an essential and unforgettable book.” – REBECCA SKLOOT, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

“Hauntingly Beautiful”

"Kristen Iversen has written a hauntingly beautiful memoir that is also a devastating investigation into the human costs of building and living with the atomic bomb. Poignant and gracefully written, Iversen shows us what it meant to come of age next door to Rocky Flats—America’s plutonium bomb factory.” – KAI BIRD, co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Now In Paperback

“Profoundly Shocking”

“Terrifyingly Brilliant”

“Personal and Powerful”

“Hauntingly Beautiful”

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