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Lauren Belfer on Her Book, A Fierce Radiance

A sweeping historical novel, A Fierce Radiance, set in 1940s New York captures the atmosphere of a city at war and the race to produce a powerful antibiotic (penicillin). Jane Ciabattari talks to Lauren Belfer about the amazing history behind her book.

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