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The lives of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, executed as "atom spies" in 1953, are recounted through the eyes of a fictional neighbor. Millie, a young mother dealing with a mute child and a distant, older Russian immigrant husband, befriends the Rosenbergs in 1947. This is a time of fear in the United States, with the threat of nuclear war and Sen. Joseph McCarthy's hunt for communists. At a cocktail party at ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More