Like Educated and Hillbilly Elegy. Thank you Macmillan Audio and Netgalley!***. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Having lived in a town in the Midwestern U.S, that had a paper mill at its core many years ago, Kerri Arsenault's Mill Town really resonated with me from a personal standpoint. Lively and intriguing, this is a fast-paced, wonderful read. Mill town: | A |mill town|, also known as |factory town| or |mill village|, is typically a s... World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. Excellent research, reporting, and writing. In the United Kingdom, the term "mill town" usually refers to the 19th century textile manufacturing towns of northern England and the Scottish Lowlands, particularly those in Lancashire (cotton) and Yorkshire ().. Gosh, I had high expectations for this book because 1) I love memoirs, 2) I've read some very positive reviews of this book and 3) I'm pro-environment. He was overhauled between 2000 and 2002, including a paint job, a new ax, and steel supports secured to … Mill Town is for anyone who's ever wondered about the Calvinistic calculus whereby the elect become truly wealthy while the damned (read: poor, dark-skinned, newly arrived) find early graves." Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. This can be an industrial town in any state but is more compelling because Maine prides itself on clean water and clean air. This is a thoughtful book that wanders seamlessly from personal anecdotes to scientific research. 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We've seen this happen time and again with the Duponts and PG&Es of the world, so the story certainly is not new. To create our... To see what your friends thought of this book. One of O Magazine's Best Books of Fall 2020 Newsweek’s “Must-Read Fall Nonfiction” A Publishers Weekly Top 10 books for Politics & Current Events “Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. Oprah’s Book Club Mill Town Girl. I am a born New Englander from New Hampshire and Massachusetts and I grew up and have lived old milltowns myself. This can be an industrial town in any state but is more compelling b. Mill Town is a moral wake-up call that asks, Whose lives are we willing to sacrifice for our own survival? A love letter to home and cry for change. Kerri’s book Mill Town is not a family narrative but rather a well-written dialogue along a voyage of personal and professional discovery that should cause all readers to question just what the price of progress is. The Households of a Mill Town Author: Margaret Frances Byington Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press ISBN: 0822973952 September 1st 2020 Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. Mill Town. The history of the textile industry in the South and labor unions is certainly a contentious one. “Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. Kerri Arsenault is both a graceful writer and a grieving daughter in search of answers and ultimately, justice. Mill Town provides capital and guidance to emerging and existing entrepreneurial firms. Free US shipping on orders over $10. What sustains many communities also harms them, and Mill Town is yet another example of that. Mill Town is an personal investigation, where Arsenault sifts through historical archives and scientific reports, talks to family and neighbors, and examines her own childhood to illuminate the rise and collapse of the working-class, the hazards of loving and leaving … We are West Georgia's family concert and entertainment venue - located conveniently off I-20 in Bremen, Georgia. Smuggler's Blues: A True Story of the Hippie Mafia (Cannabis Americana: Remembrance... That Bear Ate My Pants: A Comedy Memoir... with Teeth and Claws! Audrey Reimann. The book is about asking, how do you love a place that doesn’t always love you back? This ebook also provides audio clips throughout so you can hear the firsthand account of those Frank Beacham interviews who eithe Tells the story of the Chiquola mill town murders in 1934. Part history lesson, part Genealogy, part environmental study, part family, and part small town. 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Arsenault’s loyalty is not simply to a limited idea of health that would be typified by paying the ailing damages but on the injustice done to the land on a larger scale.”―Rafia Zakaria, The Baffler“A valuable addition to the literature of New England’s industrial legacy, something many residents have either forgotten or choose to ignore, to the region’s detriment.”―Alex Hanson, Los Angeles Review of Books“Reportage, memoir, and the refusal to seek easy answers clasp hands to bring us a searing, compassionate story of people rooted in and committed to a place that keeps breaking their bodies and hearts…With love and sorrow, wed by eloquent prose that moves with keen pacing, Arsenault traces the story of her family and the many families who have been battered along with their despoiled environment. Social Media. Mill Town is a book about Rumford and Mexico, Maine, the paper mill that most everyone works at, and the health issues that the paper mill causes. This book is an essential answer to the urgent question: “At what cost comes progress?”―Garnette Cadogan, LitHub“Mill Town is a rich, rewarding read that defies easy categorization. Welcome back. . MEmoir/ History / Political Treatise... all in one package. An Audible purchase narrated by the author. Years after she moved away, Arsenault realized the price she paid for her seemingly secure childhood. Lots of parts. Lifelong social justice warriors, the stories of the McGraw Brothers are civic lessons of the best kind, entertaining, informative and motivating. One of O Magazine’s Best Books of Fall 2020, Newsweek’s “Must-Read Fall Nonfiction," and a Publishers Weekly Top 10 books for Politics & Current Events, MILL TOWN: RECKONING WITH WHAT REMAINS by Kerri Arsenault is one of the most loved nonfiction releases of 2020. That said, this book just fell flat for me. I probably live 60 miles from Mexico Maine and while the details of what has gone up there do not surprise me , it embarrasses me that I haven't spent more time thinking about the plight of these workers and their families. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. But above all, she inspires us to fight for the integrity of our environment in a world where corporate speak so often subdues the voices of those who dare to challenge the facts. As my family settled in Everett during the time this book discusses, I thought the level of detail was wonderful --- but that it could be quite tedious for most other people. For over 100 years, the community orbited around a paper mill that employs most townspeople, including three generations of Arsenault’s own family. Arsenault reflects on her serene hometown and the cloaked environmental corruption plaguing it. I really liked a lot of books similar to this. - Richard Russo, author of Chances Are… and Empire Falls "Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. One of O Magazine's Best Books of Fall 2020Newsweek’s “Must-Read Fall Nonfiction”A Publishers Weekly Top 10 books for Politics & Current Events “Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. 376 ratings. Please try again. Something went wrong. She is tenacious in her search for answers, tender in her interactions with her mother and their neighbors. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Kathie manages a variety of diverse projects for the team. This quaint, little book shop is a treasure trove of vintage, first edition, out-of-print, and hard-to-find books. I almost didn’t read this book. In my case, the actual mill town was, by my time - roughly when Arsenault was graduating HS - , just a neighborhood of a larger County seat town it was founded just outside of around the same time as the mill Arsenault writes about. For over 100 years the community orbited around a paper mill that employs most townspeople, including three generations of Arsenault’s own family. Our Mission To expand and improve the quality and quantity of opportunities to […] The author’s father died of one of the many forms of ca. Some towns may have statues dedicated to textile workers (e.g. One of O Magazine's Best Books of Fall 2020 Newsweek’s “Must-Read Fall Nonfiction” A Publishers Weekly Top 10 books for Politics & Current Events “Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. The paper mills are a double edged sword, providing jobs to the small, impoverished towns in southern Maine but also fowling the environment. The Pacific Northwest s classic confrontation between militants demanding ambiguous change and an establishment intransigently defending the status quo occurred on Sunday, November 5, 1916. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Unable to add item to List. Kerri Arsenault is both a graceful writer and a grieving daughter in search of answers and ultimately, justice. The authors research in how the paper mill in her small town, affected not just the people that worked there but the river and the fish in it, the ash and how it coated everything was simply amazing! by St. Martin's Press. This moving and insightful memoir reminds readers that returning home--"the heart of human identity"--is capable of causing great joy and profound disappointment.” ―Publisher's Weekly (starred)“Arsenault's compelling debut asks readers to consider how relationships between humans and nature impact our bodies and environment....[A] powerful memoir.”―Library Journal“An imposing work of narrative nonfiction...Arsenault's account is enlivened by vivid prose, often coolly analytical and yet deeply lyrical. But the perspective from which she writes and the extensive research she did results in a telling that is sobering and heartbreaking while making me mad as hell. In telling the story of the town where generations of her family have lived and died, she raises important and timely questions.” —Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance Can she give her baby a better life? She didn't do a good job of making her small town real. She traced the origins of all of the cancers that the townspeople endured as a result of the paper mill. “Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Mill Town puts forth larger questions of the human relationship to the environment; of the violence done to the land that eventually translates into the devastation of the people that live on it. This is a great book about the Maine you do not see when visiting Vacationland. Mill Town Reckoning With What Remains (Book) : Arsenault, Kerri : "A galvanizing and powerful debut, Mill Town is an American story, a human predicament, and a moral wake-up call that asks: what are we willing to tolerate and whose lives are we willing to sacrifice for our own survival? I normally don’t even leave reviews but, I do not understand where all the praise of this book comes from. .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}View high quality images that let you zoom in to take a closer look. This book is about the author Keri Arsenault and how they slowly became ill from the papermill in their town of Mexico Maine. Bittersweet memories and a long-buried atrocity combine for a heartfelt, unflinching, striking narrative combination.”―Kirkus Reviews (starred)“[A] powerful, investigative memoir....Arsenault paints a soul-crushing portrait of a place that’s suffered 'the smell of death and suffering' almost since its creation. \\"The Pacific Northwest's classic confrontation between militants demanding ambiguous change and an establishment intransigently defending the status quo occurred on Sunday, November 5, 1916. Kerri did a beautiful job tying in her concerns for our western Maine communities, small bits of memoir and search for her heritage. Originally published by Berkley Prime Crime, Murder in a Mill Town was nominated for the prestigious Mary Higgins Clark Award. Colne) or have a symbol in the … This book was very well written, but more in a textbook, clinical style. One of O Magazine''s Best Books of Fall 2020 Newsweek''s "Must-Read Fall Nonfiction" A Publishers Weekly Top 10 books for Politics & Current Events "Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. I received MILL TOWN on a Tuesday and it hooked me from the first page. In telling the story of the town where generations of her family have lived and died, she raises important and timely questions.” —Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance Category: Books & Gifts. Years after she moved away, Arsenault realized the price she paid for her seemingly secure childhood. A tale of life and near death in a South American animal refuge… Fans of Bill Bryson will love this hilarious travel memoir! Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Mill Town is many things: part memoir, part Maine history, part labor discussion, and part environmental awareness. In this case, Kerri opens her book with a quote Frederick Douglass made in a speech 3 Aug 1857 - "find out just what a people will submit to, and you found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. Kerri Arsenault is both a graceful writer and a grieving daughter in search of answers and ultimately, justice. The paper mills are mainly in Northern New England and as dangerous as the Monsanto company in their own right. In this powerful investigative memoir, book critic Arsenault examines her relationship with Mexico, Maine, her now-downtrodden hometown. Loved it and have sincere admiration for the people of "down east" Maine as the natives call it. The paper mills are mainly in Northern New England and as dangerous as the Monsanto company in their own right. Years after she moved away, Arsenault realized the price she paid for her seemingly secure childhood. We’d love your help. What gave her hometown its meaning once―industry, deregulation, community―is precisely what devoured it.”―Christopher Borrelli, The Chicago Tribune“Mill Town is preoccupied with a poisonous irony: Rumford’s citizens live and work in a place that makes them unwell… The scale of the problem and of the potential malfeasance could not be grander or more terrifying.”―Emily Cooke, The New York Times Book Review“With affection and concern, Mill Town recounts ‘Maine’s constant conundrum, an American story, a human predicament.' By Kerri Arsenault. Kerri Arsenault, author, “Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains;” book critic, book editor at Orion magazine, and a contributing editor at The Literary Hub.Arsenault is also a mentor for PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program. 770-537-6455 If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2020. The mill, while providing livelihoods for nearly everyone, also contributed to the destruction of the environment and the decline of the town’s economic, physical, and emotional health in a slow-moving catastrophe, earning the area the nickname “Cancer Valley.”Mill Town is a personal investigation, where Arsenault sifts through historical archives and scientific reports, talks to family and neighbors, and examines her own childhood to illuminate the rise and collapse of the working-class, the hazards of loving and leaving home, and the ambiguous nature of toxins and disease. For over 100 years the community orbited around a paper mill that employs most townspeople, including three generations of Arsenault’s own family. Mill Town is her first book. But do you also feel a fondness for your hometown? Mill Town is her first book. $7.99; $7.99; Publisher Description. All I knew was that this book was about Mexico, Maine, and it was due back at the library in ten days, so...it was time to read it. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Also quite a bit of heaping of anti-capitalist diatribe, all tied up in Arsenault's own complicated emotions of being someone who cares about her home town, but who it was never enough for. Absolutely incredible nonfictional account of unsustainable development, poverty and environmental degradation with its consequences. I received this audiobook in exchange for an honest review, which has not altered my opinion of this audiobook. "A book that offers convincing historical and environmental thinking"-Kirkus Reviews, A well written voyage of personal, professional and community discovery, Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2020. I pre-ordered this because I wanted to learn about a Maine paper mill town. Please try again. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Part memoir about growing up in a mill town and part peeling back the onion on carcinogenic elements of living in such a place. Mill Town Capital is a venture capital investment firm that is based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. “We broke the rules of our family's way of life, rules they encouraged us to break; we chose different paths.”. This book was mostly a memoir but I would also say it was an study on how greed, corruption, and the need for control can destroy a town. These jobs are not well paid and the mills dump tons and tons of toxic chemicals, but yes, they do provide jobs so not many complain but at what cost to the people and the environment. One of O Magazine's Best Books of Fall 2020 Newsweek’s “Must-Read Fall Nonfiction” A Publishers Weekly Top 10 books for Politics & Current Events “Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. Hours. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Mill Town Capital General Information Description. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. This book is about the auth. No matter the myth, there our Bunyan stands as a guardian for those ambling through the waning mill town of my youth, his shadow sometimes as brooding as the hurtling river beyond. This is a great book about the Maine you do not see when visiting Vacationland. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published The author, a National Books Critics Circle board member and book review editor at Orion, grew up in Mexico, Maine, a small town fortified by the Androscoggin River.She writes poignantly of growing up in a large nuclear family surrounded by the town’s dense forestlands. Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Arsenault reflects on her serene hometown and the cloaked environmental corruption plaguing it. Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. I probably live 60 miles from Mexico Maine and while the details of what has gone up there do not surprise me , it embarrasses me that I haven't spent more time thinking about the plight of these workers and their families. Founded in 2016, we focus on improving our region through impactful business investments, visible real estate projects, and broad community development efforts. (Adventure Without... McGraw Brothers: Of One Blood Are All People. Kerri Arsenault’s Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains is a heartfelt story of community and family twined with her personal passion for unveiling truths held captive inside convoluted industry acronyms and jargon, broken URLs and dusty file boxes. The author’s father died of one of the many forms of cancer that pervade the area, probably brought on by working in the mill for over forty years however much the paper mills deny any correlation between the extremely high cancer rate in that part of Maine and their dumping chemical like dioxin into the water of the local river. Which is NOT what we get here. This is also a poignant tribute by the author to her parents and the people in the town of Mexico Maine that helped shape and guide her life. Definitely a must read for anyone who has a conscience. Learn more about the program. We’ve got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Mill Town provides capital and guidance to emerging and existing entrepreneurial firms. Rating details. This book has more layers than an onion. I am a born New Englander from New Hampshire and Massachusetts and I grew up and have lived old milltowns myself. In short, it’s a fraught love letter to that fragile American entity, the small, rural, working-class town….Arsenault’s prose shines…She has done immense and important research and delivered an engaging tale that deserves a close read.”―Stephanie Hunt, The Post and Courier (Charleston)“Trenchant and aching…What Arsenault has provided is a model of persistence, thoughtful reflection and vividly human personal narrative in uncovering a heartbreaking story that could be told in countless American towns, along countless American rivers.”―Steve Paul, Minneapolis Star-Tribune“Arsenault combines memoir with investigative journalism in this tale of the toxic paper mill at the center of her Maine hometown, an area now nicknamed Cancer Valley.”―People magazine“Though you assume another hand-wringing over environmental deregulation, what unspools is much richer and more affecting. $27.99. One of O Magazine's Best Books of Fall 2020 Newsweek’s “Must-Read Fall Nonfiction” A Publishers Weekly Top 10 books for Politics & Current Events “Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}Ask Alexa to read your book with Audible integration or text-to-speech. Full disclosure: My father grew up in this town. Mill Town Reckoning With What Remains (Book) : Arsenault, Kerri : "A galvanizing and powerful debut, Mill Town is an American story, a human predicament, and a moral wake-up call that asks: what are we willing to tolerate and whose lives are we willing to sacrifice for our own survival? Instead, we get much more of the specific familial and mill history of Arsenault and this particular mill and its alleged past and current environmental misdeeds. Part history lesson, part Genealogy, part environmental study, part family, and part small town. Far and away the best nonfiction of the decade. 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