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Sitting on the shuttle bus into work. We‘re stuck in traffic with an accident on our side of the highway. These are the times when I‘m glad that I always have a book with me.

So far in 2021 I‘ve read some amazing non-fiction books #Nonfiction2021 
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By a Native Author - Dogflower
About A Community - The Rise
By a Person of Color - This is the Fire
Written in a Different Country - The Apricot Memoirs
About a Community - Mill Town
Sunshiny - Never Put A Cactus in the Bathroom
About Overcoming - The Body Keeps the Score
Thanks to @Riveted_Reader_Melissa for the fun BINGO board.

4⭐️ For the most part, the book was very interesting and informative, but towards the end I felt it got a bit repetitive; gave me a different perspective on the mill towns her in BC & what they are facing. #2021 #bookstagram #bookreview #readalong #nonfiction #memoir #contemporary #history #readalong #24in48

Due how I did my #bookspinbingo this month, this ended up being my #bookspin selection for February.

Kerri Arsenault tells a compelling and disturbing story of the life of a people who work in one specific mill town. We delve into her history, and the history of those who remain behind. We learn about the pollution created by the mill and the cancer and death also created by the mill. It‘s a hard read, but an important one. If we don't keep listening to stories like this, it will be much harder to create any lasting change in our eco-laws.

Oh my goodness - I‘m a sucker for a list! Stacking like crazy tonight!

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/best-of/2020/nonfiction/books/?utm_medium=email&_h...

This book is difficult to categorize, as it‘s partially personal/family memoir, partially the history and current reality of a slowly decaying town, partially an exploration of industrial health impact, and partially societal microcosm reflecting our greater culture. For me, the story of this author and her Maine hometown was really interesting, even though the reaction of some people in the town to certain events did not make sense to me.

Ugh when to bail? I don't hate this book but some sections are dull. And it's long! I'm about halfway through but still have 6+ hours left.
I wanted to read it because I grew up across the border from Maine. Not in a mill town per se, although it has a pulp & paper mill I passed daily. I thought this book might give insight into my hometown. And it does. And it doesn't.
So just general ambivalence across the board. 🤷

I‘m up late, and I‘m trying to get into this for the second time. Her particular writing style is just not working for me. I can still return it, and it was rather expensive. Back it goes. #ItsNotYouItsMe 🤷🏻‍♀️

I‘ve been trying to read without much luck yesterday and today. Maybe this spooky bookmark will get me in the mood!

Having Covid isn‘t an experience I‘d recommend. It would get 1⭐️ on Yelp!

Like the author, I grew up with a factory-employed dad in a working class paper mill town (Wisconsin in my case, Maine in hers), so this was a must-read. Beautiful writing that hand-holds you through the unrelentingly tough content. I loved her personal reflections the most, but her analysis of industrial impacts on health and culture were powerful, and I really appreciated learning more about Acadian ethnic identity and history

Milo Town is getting rave reviews.The author goes home to her small town where the economy is based on the paper mill.The town the people the mill.Sounds so Fascinating to me,