Published: 2016, Harper Collins Genre: Fiction Themes: Marriage, research into atomic warfare, ornithology, crows My rating (out of 5): ❤❤❤❤ The Atomic Weight of Love is a debut novel for Elizabeth J Church but it is so well crafted that you would imagine she had at least half a dozen previous novels already under her belt. The blurb inside the cover reveals that she practiced law for over thirty years and has written extensively for legal and scientific journals, so that will explain her precision in choice of words and the careful structure of her writing. The book tells the story of Meridian Wallace, who studies ornithology at university, and develops a life-long interest in the behaviour of crows. She is an outstanding student and is well on track to achieve her doctorate when she meets and marries a physics professor, Alden Whetstone, who is almost old enough to be her father. Just as she is about to begin her post-graduate studies at Cornell University, Ald...