Fission: A Novel of Atomic Heartbreak

Fission: A Novel of Atomic Heartbreak by Leslie Schover is published by She Writes Press, 2026. It is a historical novel set in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during the Manhattan Project. It is the coming of age story of Doris Friedman, who marries at age nineteen, giving up her dreams of being a concert pianist or a lawyer. She follows her husband to Oak Ridge and is drawn into a flirtation with a possible Soviet spy.