The Hours Count: A Novel
Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781594633188 (1594633185)
ASIN: 1594633185
Publish date: 2015-10-20
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
The Hours Count, Jillian CantorAfter WWII, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were arrested for spying, tried, convicted of stealing secrets enabling Russia to obtain an atomic weapon, and summarily executed. Were they guilty? David Greenglass, Ethel’s brother, implicated Julius after his own arrest. His ow...
This would be a great book to read on a winter’s day wrapped up in a blanket, just letting yourself travel inside the pages of this novel. The story began with a single letter and it developed into a full-blown novel, leading me down paths that I wasn’t prepared for. It wasn’t a jaunting journey; it...
The Hours Count by Jillian Cantor sets up to tell the history of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg through the eyes of a fictional neighbor, Mildred “Millie” Stein. The fiction story really takes over the history in this book. This is Millie's story – of marriage, motherhood, and friendship. Her story - no...
This is an intriguing fictional account of a young mother who befriends Ethel Rosenberg. I felt it to be quite an original way of portraying Ethel as a loving wife and mother and gave a new insight into the lives of both Ethel and her husband, Julius. The neighbor, Millie, and her family are comple...
I became a fan of Jillian Cantor's work with her brilliant "Margot," so I leaped at the chance to read and review "The Hours Count." The title comes from a letter written by Pablo Picasso about Ethel and Julius Rosenberg's then-pending executions. The plot involves Mildred Stein, who lives in the sa...
9 years ago
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