My Rating: 3.6
Stacey Haney, a lifelong resident of Amity, Pennsylvania, is struggling to support her children when the fracking boom comes to town. Like most of her neighbors, she sees the energy companies' payments as a windfall. Soon trucks are rumbling down her unpaved road and a fenced-off fracking site rises on adjacent land. But her annoyance gives way to concern and then to fear as domestic animals and pets begin dying and mysterious illnesses strike her family--despite the companies' insistence that nothing is wrong.
Similar to the Erin Brockovitch story, this brings to light all of the horrific impact that fracking has on the people. I am not a big non-fiction fan but this was well told and felt fair and impartial. As others have pointed out, there are some scientific inaccuracies which calls her work in to question. There is a LOT of details - both about the individuals (trying to build up sentiment) and the science (trying to back her case) that I felt the book could have done without. It was an important story but I am surprised that this was a Pulitzer Prize winner.
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