We’re introducing a new section of the HANNAH’S WAR website created entirely for Book Clubs.
Seventy-five years ago, on July 16, 1945, the world witnessed the first atomic bomb test. The bomb lit up the sky and scorched the earth of the Jornada del Muerto desert in New Mexico. The lead physicist and architect of the Manhattan Project, J. Robert Oppenheimer, named the atomic test “Trinity” in a conflicted homage to John Donne’s sonnet, “Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God.” As a remembrance of that day, and this 75th anniversary, we’re introducing a new section of the HANNAH’S WAR website created entirely for Book Clubs.
The Trinity test marked the day that changed the world and the beginning of the nuclear age. HANNAH’S WAR explores the host of complex, conflicted characters and the ambiguous moral history leading up the test. The new Book Club section is designed to bring readers into dynamic engagement with the author, these characters, their stories, and the book’s themes.
In the new Book Clubs section you can: arrange for the author’s virtual appearance at your Book Club; download Reader’s Guides with thought-provoking questions for an insightful and lively discussion; access a menu with recipes for Hannah’s War-themed food and drinks, and much, much more.
On the anniversary of the Trinity Test, let HANNAH’S WAR guide us as we grapple with the complex and fascinating history that ushered us into the nuclear age.