Nat and Paul Collier move to Idaho Falls in the summer of 1959. Paul is an Army Specialist. He has been assigned to work at the nuclear plant in Idaho Falls. There is trouble with the reactor, but Paul can't get his superior to take the problem seriously. After an unfortunate argument Paul is deployed to the Arctic Circle for several months. He has to leave Nat in Idaho Falls knowing there is a problem with the reactor. Paul hopes for the best and leaves a now pregnant wife and two young daughters. Nat is lonely and when she meets young rancher, Esrom, she finds someone she can enjoy spending time with, but the army community is small and word gets out about Nat and Esrom. It is really an innocent relationship, but people will talk and word gets to Paul at the Arctic Circle.
Williams writes a compelling story of marriage and army life. The story is based on the only fatal nuclear accident in the U.S.
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