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Highlights
- Atomic Farmgirl is a wise, irreverent, deeply personal story of growing up right in the wrong place.
- Author(s): Teri Hein
- 272 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Women
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About the Book
From Flag Day parades to Cold War duck-and-cover drills, "Atomic Farmgirl" chronicles a peculiar coming of age for a young girl and her community, whose way of life--and livelihood--are gradually threatened by the dispersions of nuclear waste. Includes a new Foreword and Epilogue by the author.Book Synopsis
Atomic Farmgirl is a wise, irreverent, deeply personal story of growing up right in the wrong place. The granddaughter of German Lutheran homesteaders, Teri Hein was raised in the 1950s and 1960s in rural eastern Washington. This starkly elegant landscape serves as the poignant backdrop to her story, for one hundred miles to the south of this idyllic, all-American setting lay the toxins -- both mental and physical -- of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. From horseback riding to haying, Flag Day parades to Cold War duck-and-cover drills, Atomic Farmgirl chronicles a peculiar coming of age for a young girl and her community of hardworking, patriotic folk, whose way of life -- and livelihood -- are gradually threatened by the poisons of progress.Combining a profoundly tender story of youth with politics and an unmistakable sense of place, Teri Hein has written a memoir that is part Terry Tempest Williams, part Erin Brockovich, part Garrison Keillor. In the end, she offers a rich and ribald journey into the universal mysteries of childhood, love, community, and home, a journey that confirms humankind's infinite capacity for hope.
Review Quotes
"The book has a neon quality: a warning, mixed iwth irony and loss." -The Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times --
Dimensions (Overall): 8.51 Inches (H) x 5.54 Inches (W) x .68 Inches (D)
Weight: .77 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Women
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Number of Pages: 272
Publisher: Mariner Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Teri Hein
Language: English
Street Date: April 18, 2003
TCIN: 85124535
UPC: 9780618302413
Item Number (DPCI): 247-54-6696
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.77 pounds
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