Overview
It is August 12, 1945. Tomorrow, August Snow will be tried at the International War Crimes Court for patenting a more lethal variation on the atomic bomb. He invented a radiation machine to cure his young daughterās cancer, despite knowing that the very same technology was capable of great destruction, and inevitably profited from disaster. But are his intentions relevant when the fate of the world is at stake?
Augustās former wife, June, will also attend the hearing. Restless in her Hague hotel room the night before, she keeps watch over their daughter and reflects on the events that brought them here. She had nothing to do with making the bomb. But is she innocent? Wouldnāt any wife and mother have done the same thing in her shoes? And now, will it cost her everything?
Inspired by the physicist LeĆ³ SzilĆ”rd and the letters he wrote his wife, Gertrud "Trude" Weiss, Let It Destroy You is told in parallel narratives and ventures from Budapest to Berlin to Colorado, and back to Europe. It is a love story about two people whose destinies are bound by everything they share, and all that theyāve kept from one another. Above all, it is a testament to the logic-defying love of a parent who will stop at nothing to protect their child.
This book title, Let It Destroy You (A Novel), ISBN: 9780771000423, by Harriet Alida Lye, published by McClelland & Stewart (June 6, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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