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Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America is a non-fiction book written by Eliza Griswold and published in 2018. It examines the social, environmental, and economic impact of the natural gas fracking industry on a small town in southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Synopsis

The book primarily focuses on the Hane family, particularly Stacey Haney and her children, as they deal with the consequences of fracking in their community. Griswold provides an intimate and in-depth look at how fracking operations affect the lives of ordinary people, from water contamination to health problems and legal battles. She also explores the broader implications of fracking on rural America, the environment, and the energy industry.

Reception

The book won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction [1] in 2019. The jury described the book as "a classic American story" and praised it as being "grippingly told". [1]

According to Book Marks, the book received a positive reception. [2] The Los Angeles Review of Books called the work "thoroughly reported and tightly paced". [3] A Kirkus review concluded that the work was a "solid addition to the burgeoning literature on the social and health-related effects of fracking." [4] The book was also reviewed in The New York Times [5] and The Nation. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America, by Eliza Griswold (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  2. "Book Marks reviews of Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold". Book Marks. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  3. "Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  4. AMITY AND PROSPERITY | Kirkus Reviews.
  5. Wypijewski, JoAnn (2018-07-31). "What Happened When Fracking Came to Town". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  6. Jones, Sarah (2019-04-02). "What Fracking Has Wrought". The Nation. ISSN   0027-8378 . Retrieved 2023-09-18.