I’ve researched the atomic bomb from many different angles, but never from this one. “The Green Glass Sea” is told from the perspective of the children who live in Los Alamos, whose parents are the scientists who built the bomb. Dewey Kerrigan is nearly eleven when she comes to Los Alamos. Her father has been away working for the Army for years, and her mother abandoned them when Dewey was just a baby, so Dewey has been living with her grandmother. But when her grandmother has a stroke, Dewey comes to live with her father on The Hill, as Los … Continue reading →