{"id":4316,"date":"2026-05-19T20:49:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/?p=4316"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:47:33","slug":"may-19th-ldrl-recommends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/?p=4316","title":{"rendered":"LDRL Recommends"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4316\" class=\"elementor elementor-4316\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e63658 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e63658\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cc1752\" data-id=\"1cc1752\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f76660f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f76660f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image3-768x1158.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4318\" alt=\"Lisa Whitmore recommends Oak Ridge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image3-768x1158.png 768w, https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image3-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image3-679x1024.png 679w, https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image3-1018x1536.png 1018w, https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image3-1358x2048.png 1358w, https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image3-1140x1720.png 1140w, https:\/\/www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image3-scaled.png 1697w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c748ddb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c748ddb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lisa says, &#8220;<\/span>This novel is a historical fiction written by Michelle Shocklee.\u00a0 It takes place in Oak Ridge Tennessee during World War II.\u00a0Maebelle Willet arrives in Oak Ridge in 1944, to start her new job with the government. She knows little about her new job, other than it will help America win the war.\u00a0 Amidst much secrecy at the plant, the Oak Ridge employees are informed they are not to discuss their work with anyone.\u00a0 Her roommate starts sharing upsetting information and quickly disappears.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0In 1979, Maebelle Willet\u2019s niece, Laurel comes to visit her Aunt Maebelle to get information from her about her job at Manhattan Project, to help write her thesis for her graduate studies.\u00a0 Laurel learns very quickly that her Aunt Maebelle doesn\u2019t want to talk about the Manhattan Project.\u00a0 She tells her what is in the past needs to stay in the past.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0It is a captivating dual time-line novel about the weight of one\u2019s secrets in life and the power of forgiveness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa says, &#8220;This novel is a historical fiction written by Michelle Shocklee.\u00a0 It takes place in Oak Ridge Tennessee during World War II.\u00a0Maebelle Willet arrives in Oak Ridge in 1944, to start her new job with the government. She knows little about her new job, other than it will help America win the war.\u00a0 Amidst much secrecy at the plant, the Oak Ridge employees are informed they are not to discuss their work with anyone.\u00a0 Her roommate starts sharing upsetting information and quickly disappears. In 1979, Maebelle Willet\u2019s niece, Laurel comes to visit her Aunt Maebelle to get information from her about her job at Manhattan Project, to help write her thesis for her graduate studies.\u00a0 Laurel learns very quickly that her Aunt Maebelle doesn\u2019t want to talk about the Manhattan Project.\u00a0 She tells her what is in the past needs to stay in the past. 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