The Wives of Los Alamos

A well written book about the wives of Manhattan Project husbands.  These wives were in the Los Alamos location of the Manhattan Project. Written in the collective voice, the reader does not get to know the characters.  The details are written in more of generality.  Everything was a secret and the wives were able to talk to one another, but not their families--their mothers, brothers, sisters.  No one else could know what was going on, especially what their husbands were doing.  They called it the gadget, as did their husbands.  They knew Oppenheimer, the director.  Most lived in housing without bathtubs.  That was a big deal.