{"product_id":"mill-town-reckoning-with-what-remains-9781250799685","title":"Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 Rachel Carson Environmental Book Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2021 Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the 2020 National Book Critics John Leonard Prize for Best First Book\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the 2021 New England Society Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2021 New England Independent Booksellers Association Award\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e top book for 2020 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMill Town \u003c\/i\u003eis the book of a lifetime; a deep-drilling, quick-moving, heartbreaking story. Scathing and tender, it lifts often into poetry, but comes down hard when it must. Through it all runs the river: sluggish, ancient, dangerous, freighted with America's sins.\" --\u003cb\u003eRobert Macfarlane, author of \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKerri Arsenault grew up in the small, rural town of Mexico, Maine, where for over 100 years the community orbited around a paper mill that provided jobs for nearly everyone in town, including three generations of her family. Kerri had a happy childhood, but years after she moved away, she realized the price she paid for that childhood. The price everyone paid. The mill, while providing the social and economic cohesion for the community, also contributed to its demise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMill Town\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of narrative nonfiction, investigative memoir, and cultural criticism that illuminates the rise and collapse of the working-class, the hazards of loving and leaving home, and the ambiguous nature of toxics and disease with the central question; Who or what are we willing to sacrifice for our own survival?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerri Arsenault\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 5.50w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250799685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKerri Arsenault\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary critic, teacher, co-founder of The Environmental Storytelling Studio at Brown University, contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and author of \u003ci\u003eMill Town: Reckoning with What Remains\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFreeman's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMill Town\u003c\/i\u003e won the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award from the Society of Environmental Journalists, the Maine Literary Award for nonfiction, and a special Inge Feltrinelli Prize, dedicated to women writers who have used their voices in defense of human rights. \u003ci\u003eMill Town\u003c\/i\u003e was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Leonard Prize for best first book in any genre; the Eric Zencey Prize in Ecological Economics; the New England Society Book Awards; the New England Independent Booksellers Association nonfiction prize; the Connecticut Book Awards; and the Chautauqua Prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKerri has been a fellow at the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University and the Science History Institute. Her work explores the intersections between ordinary people and toxicities.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Kerri Arsenault \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47659128848541,"sku":"9781250799685","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_11345d67-01bb-4704-bc39-0c44ef61e040.jpg?v=1771350980","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/mill-town-reckoning-with-what-remains-9781250799685","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}