Amity and Prosperity: One family and the fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold is a Pulitzer Prize winning book that I heard about on the NYT Review of Books pod cast.
Started: 10/19/2019
Completed: 10/23/2019
Recommendation: Mild Recommendation
Recommended By: The New York Times
Review:
This book will not make you happy. It will embarrass you as an American. Nobody will read this book and think that the United States is great or even functional. I found the book frustrating and the dark message arrived at the same time as some personal dark times so it was a double whammy.
This is similar to Love Canal. The start is equally horrifying. The woman at the center matches. This is not the same story.
I can recommend it, but I'm not happy about it.
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