The House on Q Street: A Novel

An entertaining tale of a bright, courageous girl on the verge of young womanhood in 1942 when her family moves to Q Street Washington, D.C. Joey is ten, and he father, an atomic physicist, brings trouble to the family with work pressures and a love affair. He eventually leaves for the atomic lab in Chicago. Joey's mother rents out rooms and takes a job, leaving Joey and her sister to fend for themselves. Joey's father returns, working feverishly on a secret atomic project, but, with a small group of other scientists, protesting its use. Observing split loyalties--between family and work, the war effort and humankind's future, Joey learns to think with her heart and listen with compassion to the imperfect adults in her life.