FIERCE RADIANCE, Shining Bright
USA Today calls Lauren Belfer’s second book, A Fierce Radiance, (after her successful 1999 debut, City of Light), a “… love story and murder mystery rolled into panoramic family saga and industrial-espionage thriller.” The story of how penicillin was developed is told through the eyes of a photojournalist working for Life magazine. USA Today lauds both Belfer’s ability to render place (WW II era NYC) and characters,
A Fierce Radiance resonates precisely because the characters Belfer creates, and the ones she borrows from history, feel real — as organic and natural as the molds from which these miracle drugs come.
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