The Hanford Necklace
A Novel
$29.75
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2026
Summary
Gilmore Girls meets Oppenheimer in this dual-timeline family saga, set in a Manhattan Project town, about a granddaughter who uncovers her grandmother’s nuclear-age secrets and her own toxic inheritance.
What is the half-life of O’Toole family secrets?
In 2013, Saige is stuck living with her Granny Rosamond in her beige wasteland of a hometown. Desperate for a diagnosis and cure for her mysterious ailments, she uncovers more than she bargained for—a hot rock …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798896361664 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Shannon St. Hilaire |
| Publisher: | She Writes Press |
| Imprint: | She Writes Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 187g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm |
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“The Hanford Necklace is an absorbing and haunting novel—one that will linger long with readers … A truly heart-rending, revelatory work.”—Maryka Biaggio, author of Gun Girl and the Tall Guy and Margery and Me “A visceral page-turner about a granddaughter uncovering the plutonium-laced secrets of her grandmother’s past and a complicated family legacy created at the intersection of science and patriotism, secrets and lies, violence and love, and what happens when home is the thing that’s slowly killing you.”—Ellen Baker, author of The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson
About The Author
Shannon St. Hilaire
Shannon St. Hilaire writes about forgotten histories and the fascinating women who lived through them. She is the author of To Look Upon The Sun, The Ones Who Stayed, and The Hanford Necklace. Her short work placed first in the 2020 Forge Flash Nonfiction Competition and has appeared in literary journals such as New Delta, X-R-A-Y, HAD, and Five South. She serves on the board of directors for The People’s Colloquium, a non-profit that supports free education in the arts and humanities, and lives just outside of Portland, Oregon.
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