[dreams]

Originally Posted by dreams

Just started Radium Halos by Shelly Stout and Tracking Magic by Maria E. Schneider (both MR author members). I'm also listening to The Oort Perimeter by Steven Lake (also a MR author member) that I picked up last year when he offered it. (he is offering a free ePub format on MR).

Finished Radium Halos and totally enjoyed the way the story was told. I think I'll use a section of the forward by Leonard Grosman which describes it better than I can..

Sometimes fiction can speak truth in ways that the bare facts cannot. Ms. Stout has found a unique voice in which to tell the tragic story of the Radium Dial workers and at the same time to say much about life in this country. The story goes beyond the Radium Dial case and reflects much about our attitudes toward work, women, mental illness and aging. Along the way it speaks of fear and loyalty and truth itself.

I found the story built around this part of history hard to put down.