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    The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady (Hardback) By (author) Elizabeth Stuckey-French

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    Short Description for The Revenge of the Radioactive LadyIn 1953, Dr. Wilson Spriggs gave Marylou Ahearn a radioactive cocktail without her consent as part of a secret government study that had horrible consequences. For 50 years she's been plotting her revenge. At last she's found Spriggs.
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  • A good solid onion book4

    Erika Dlugokecki What a crazy book. Elizabeth Stuckey-French has created a hodge-podge so rich that I barely know where to start. I'm having trouble even coming up with ways to explain what it's about that the unread (ie. those who haven't had the opportunity to read it yet) might understand fully. But I think it might be fitting to call this an "onion book". There are layers upon layers upon layers and you just have keep reading until the very end to see how exactly everything fits together.

    So here's a taste of what you get when you read The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady:
    There's 7 different points of view. Or is it 8? There were so many I may have lost count! There were people dealing with Asperger's syndrome, issues of pedophile, a middle aged man contemplating an affair, a senile old man (or is he?), a kid playing around with radiation, a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown, hurricanes, beaches, kids in love, photo shoots, secret government projects, aliases, churches and church groups, and to top it all off, a 77 year old woman who is determined to get closure by getting revenge.

    I didn't know this book would have multiple points of view before I started reading. I do happen to love multiple points of view but there were so many people while beginning that it was a bit overwhelming learning about a new person every time I started a new chapter. But as the seasons changed I got to know each character a little bit more and get a better feel on where Stuckey-French was going with this. And this is one of the reasons that I do adore books with multiple points of view. Because as readers we have no idea what all these different things have to do with one another but when done right the ending is usually one big convergence of brilliance. And it was. I was impressed by all the ways Elizabeth Stuckey-French handled all these different points of view but even more so I was impressed with the way she handled all the various issues the characters had to deal with in the story. The story is told very much in the style of Carl Hiaasen - with quirky characters and that weird sense of humour that actually makes you laugh at things that don't always seem appriopriate to laugh at in real life. Because it's just the way the characters are and the situations they find themselves in and you just have to laugh at the oddity of it all.

    Overall a good solid book that I enjoyed very much. I will definitely be on the look out for more books like this from Elizabeth Stuckey-French in the future. by Erika Dlugokecki

  • Humorous, quirky, and an unusual read!4

    Gaby @ Starting Fresh Humorous, quirky, offbeat all describe the unusual characters that inhabit The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady by Elizabeth Stuckey-French.

    There is seventy-seven-year-old Marylou Ahearn is determined to kill Dr. Wilson Spriggs to avenge his involvement in the medical experiment that cost her her only child Helen. Spriggs had fed pregnant women - Marylou included - radioactive cocktails in a scientific experiment that bore horrific results. When Marylou finally tracks Dr Spriggs down, she moves to his neighborhood and takes on a new identity and introduces herself.

    She discovers that Dr. Spriggs has major memory loss - and doesn't seem to recall what he'd done. So, instead of murder, Marylou plans to disrupt his life through his family. She finds a way to meet his grandchildren. And falls for young Suzi - a sporty, outgoing and slightly tormented young girl. As Marylou gets to know Suzi and her sister Ava, she finds a closeness and friendship she hadn't expected. And her carefully laid plans go awry.

    The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady has been compared to the movie Little Miss Sunshine because of the quirky, unusual characters and unexpected situations. Elizabeth Stuckey-French's novel is entertaining, engrossing and hard to forget. by Gaby @ Starting Fresh

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