There are days when the smell hits you. 770-537-6455 I'll be honest, I picked up this book thinking it would be a bit closer to my own history of being in and around a mill town. Unfortunately. Be the first to ask a question about Mill Town. And it reminded me also of the coalines. He was overhauled between 2000 and 2002, including a paint job, a new ax, and steel supports secured to … 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. 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 … I really liked a lot of books similar to this. “Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. Kindle eBooks Kindle Unlimited Prime Reading eBook Angebote Bestseller & mehr Kostenlose Kindle Lese-Apps Kindle kaufen Fremdsprachige eBooks Amazon Original eBooks eMagazine Audible Hörbücher Kindle Unlimited Prime 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! 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. Such a fascinating book!! 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. Loved it and have sincere admiration for the people of "down east" Maine as the natives call it. I would give it a try, but my expectations were low. Ms. Arsenault deftly intersperses memories of her own mostly idyllic childhood that was made possible by those same mills. The history of the textile industry in the South and labor unions is certainly a contentious one. "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. 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! “Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. 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. There was a problem loading your book clubs. \\"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. Within fence-line communities like Arsenault’s Mexico, prosperity and affliction are wholly intertwined.”―Andru Okun, The Boston Globe“Mill Town poses hard questions that challenge the tacit acceptance of ecological destruction as the price of economic health.”―Los Angeles Times“Lyrical and compelling prose... What Arsenault presents, with mesmerizing lyricism and endearing honesty, is the story of a dying town wedded to a paper mill that once anchored the local economy while also bringing pollution and cancer. “Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. Colne) or have a symbol in the … 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." An Audible purchase narrated by the author. Free US shipping on orders over $10. 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. 354 pages. Arsenault grew up in Mexico, a small town adjacent to Rumford, and she structures the book as a memoir, interweaving the story of the mill with … 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 In telling the story of the town where generations of her family have lived and died, she raises important and timely questions.” (Prices may vary for AK and HI.). As nurturing a childhood as her large and loving Acadian family could and did provide, they were all nonetheless scarred by the uneasy matrimony of environment and economics generated by the succession of pollution-spewing paper mills that both employed and poisoned the Arsenaults and their neighbors for generations. Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. This is well researched but also is a great look at the authors own search to reclaim her Maine identity. So many layers to this book and each on. For over 100 years the community orbited around a paper mill that employs most townspeople, including three generations of Arsenault’s own family. We've seen this happen time and again with the Duponts and PG&Es of the world, so the story certainly is not new. “Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. We've seen this happen time and again with the Duponts and PG&Es of the world, so the story certainly is not new. You do not need to be a "Mainiac" to read this book but it should be required reading for anyone living in the Pine Tree State. 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. Which is NOT what we get here. The paper mills are mainly in Northern New England and as dangerous as the Monsanto company in their own right. Layers that telescope from what happens inside one girl's growing up journey, inside her family, inside one city, one region, and bigger into our culture and our country and corporate personhood and the consequences of that to our lives and the environment that sustains them. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.co.uk. 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. She supports the day-to-day operations of Mill Town and Framework, a co-working space founded by Mill Town and based in downtown Pittsfield. This book is about the auth. Kerri Arsenault has lost family members to cancers caused by the paper mill in her town. Visit our website for upcoming concerts and tickets. Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains (St. Martin’s Press, 2020) 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 home, and the ambiguous nature of toxics and disease. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.". “Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. I was very much looking forward to Kerri Arsenault revealing the lies and secrecy in our big corporations and governmental agencies. Kerri Arsenault is both a graceful writer and a grieving daughter in search of answers and ultimately, justice. 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. Lots of parts. The paper mills are a double edged sword, providing jobs to the small, impoverished towns in southern Maine but also fowling the environment. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially to people like me who have been visitors or short term livers in small towns. 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. Years after she moved away, Arsenault realized the price she paid for her seemingly secure childhood. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Part history lesson, part Genealogy, part environmental study, part family, and part small town. 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. Kerri Arsenault is both a graceful writer and a grieving daughter in search of answers and ultimately, justice. In this powerful investigative memoir, book critic Arsenault examines her relationship with Mexico, Maine, her now-downtrodden hometown. 5 stars and recommending it to my bookstore clientele, friends and family. Category: Books & Gifts. 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 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? Although, this book centers completely on a small area in one state, its message is one that could be viewed as a cautionary tale of corporate greed in many, many small towns across America. 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 … Like Kerri Arsenault I grew up in Mexico, Maine the town across the river from the paper mill that dominates life, the economy, and the environment in the River Valley. Audrey Reimann. 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. What happens when the home town main employer has also been the one poisoning its employees and destroying the environment for future generations in this struggling town? Oprah’s Book Club Mill Town Girl. Social Media. Returning to her modest Maine hometown on the Androscoggin River is far from an idyllic stroll down Memory Lane for Kerri Arsenault. Kerri did a beautiful job tying in her concerns for our western Maine communities, small bits of memoir and search for her heritage. Lifelong social justice warriors, the stories of the McGraw Brothers are civic lessons of the best kind, entertaining, informative and motivating. I prefer fiction, and the nonfiction I read is usually bookended by fiction, and I’d just read an older cultural analysis from Elizabeth Wurtzel (RIP) that had made me want to escape back into my fiction. Start by marking “Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains” as Want to Read: Error rating book. 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? To this day no one knows who shot first, nor even how many died, but thanks to Mill Town, we have at last a charting of the forces, economic and personal, that led to the tragedy. 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. Some former mill towns have a symbol of the textile industry in their town badge. Kerri Arsenault is both a graceful writer and a grieving daughter in search of answers and ultimately, justice. Mill Town: Reckoning with... Years after she moved away, Arsenault realized the price she paid for her seemingly secure childhood. Kerri Arsenault is both a graceful writer and a grieving daughter in search of answers and ultimately, justice. Her painstaking research into the chemicals impacting the health of our environment and vitality. (Adventure Without... McGraw Brothers: Of One Blood Are All People. 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’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. Mill Town provides capital and guidance to emerging and existing entrepreneurial firms. To create our... To see what your friends thought of this book. Such a vivid picture of growing up in the Mexico and Rumford area. .orange-text-color {color: #FE971E;} Discover additional details about the events, people, and places in your book, with Wikipedia integration. For over 100 years, the community orbited around a paper mill that employs most townspeople, including three generations of Arsenault’s own family. I am a born New Englander from New Hampshire and Massachusetts and I grew up and have lived old milltowns myself. 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. 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.' This story isn't interested in heroic narratives but is instead invested in staring straight at the stakes of marginalized lives that are far too often formed into strategic narratives that erase the people behind the story. 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. MEmoir/ History / Political Treatise... all in one package. Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Please try again. I am the Book Review Editor for Orion magazine, Contributing Editor at Lithub.com, and the author of Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. She is tenacious in her search for answers, tender in her interactions with her mother and their neighbors. September 1st 2020 The author’s father died of one of the many forms of ca. I almost didn’t read this book. As nurturing a childhood as her large and loving Acadian family could and did provide, they were all nonetheless scarred by the uneasy matrimony of environment and economics generated by the succession of pollution-spewing paper mills that both employed and poisoned the Arsenaults and their neighbors for generations. Enjoy a great reading experience when you buy the Kindle edition of this book. Years after she moved away, Arsenault realized the price she paid for her seemingly secure childhood. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Kerry Arsenault writes a compelling, heartfelt personal history of generations of her family and friends that grew up in a northern Maine paper mill town. In telling the story of the town where generations of her family have lived and died, she raises important and timely questions.” Murray Morgan Homestead. Founded in 2016, we focus on improving our region through impactful business investments, visible real estate projects, and broad community development efforts. Arsenault’s research serves as a warning to all that we must think deeply and question everything. MILL TOWN: Reckoning with What Remains. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. For over 100 years the community orbited around a paper mill that employs most townspeople, including three generations of Arsenault’s own family. To this day no one knows who shot first, nor even how many died, but thanks to Mill Town, we have at last a charting of the forces, economic and personal, that led to the tragedy. Kerri Arsenault is both a graceful writer and a grieving daughter in search of answers and ultimately, justice. I'll be honest, I picked up this book thinking it would be a bit closer to my own history of being in and around a mill town. The firm invests in the food innovation and technology, agriculture and health and wellness sectors. 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. 5 30% (114) 4 35% (130) 3 26% (96) 2 9% (32) 1 1% (4) Book ratings by Goodreads. This can be an industrial town in any state but is more compelling b. Mill Town is many things: part memoir, part Maine history, part labor discussion, and part environmental awareness. Mill Town. Thank you Macmillan Audio and Netgalley!***. Excellent research, reporting, and writing. Mill Town is new memoir that is a reflection on family, small town life, the impact industry has on the environment and small towns and more. 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 Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. Create ... Print book: Fiction : English: Rating: (not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first. Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. Address. That said, this book just fell flat for me. About the Book. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. Consumption and idealism come at a price as this book explains. A fascinating view of a small town that intertwines personal history, geographic history, and environmental history. A love letter to home and cry for change. Mill Town Capital General Information Description. Mill Town Reckoning With What Remains (eBook) : 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? Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. —RT BookReviews “I love this series. Previous page of related Sponsored Products. This was a gift from a friend who grew up in Rumford, Maine, during the 1940s. Timely tale of corporate greed ruining small-town lives and the environment, Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2020. Kerri Arsenault is both a graceful writer and a grieving daughter in search of answers and ultimately, justice. 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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. 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. Kerri Arsenault is both a graceful writer and a grieving daughter in search of answers and ultimately, justice. ... Mill Town Millionaires (4 Book Series) We need this book - writing that takes working class lives seriously, on their own terms. The firm invests in the food innovation and technology, agriculture and health and wellness sectors. Overall, your mileage may vary on this book depending on just how ardent you are in your own political beliefs and just how much they coincide with Arsenault's own, but there was nothing here to really hang a reason on for detracting from the star level of the review, and hence it gets the full 5* even as I disagreed with so much of it and was so heavily disappointed that it didn't go the direction I had hoped. 3.84 out of 5 stars. Reviews “Combining personal history with investigative reporting, Arsenault pays loving homage to her family’s tight-knit Maine town even as she examines the cancers that have stricken so many residents. Whilst they are quaint and have now been recycled into housing, schools and art galleries they are a reminder of times gone by and of a damn hard life. MEmoir/ History / Political Treatise... all in one package. .orange-text-color {color: #FE971E;} Explore your book, then jump right back to where you left off with Page Flip. We speak with Maine author Kerri Arsenault about her new book, Mill Town.Part personal story and part investigative reporting, Arsenault documents how her childhood in a typical Maine mill town illustrates the plight of the working class, and the hazards brought on by the very entities that support these working-class families. 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. Hours. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. This can be an industrial town in any state but is more compelling because Maine prides itself on clean water and clean air. 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. Mill Town Capital is a venture capital investment firm that is based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Mill Town book. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Welcome back. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA items qualify for FREE Shipping and Amazon Prime. Kerri Arsenault is both a graceful writer and a grieving daughter in search of answers and ultimately, justice. Rating details. 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 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. Perfect for a curious reader, as it is for an aspiring academic. Search. Dense with interviews, historical background details, and statistical data, as well as a wealth of personal recollections, Ms. Arsenault's book hits all its journalistic targets hard, whether addressing the health, sociology, or ethics that contribute to the often bleak story of this mill town--in many ways, an Anytown, U.S.A. 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. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. For over 100 years, the community orbited around a paper mill that employs most townspeople, including three generations of Arsenault’s own family. Kerri Arsenault is both a graceful writer and a grieving daughter in search of answers and ultimately, justice. 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 ().. Best Sellers Prime Video Help New Releases Books Gift Ideas Gift Cards & Top Up Electronics Pantry Home & Garden Sell PC Free Delivery Shopper Toolkit. Mexico's melancholy story--one that's mirrored today in thousands of struggling small towns across the U.S.--comes to life in Arsenault's sympathetic, but unfailingly clear-eyed, telling.”―Harvey Freedenberg, Shelf Awareness“Clear-eyed and self-deprecating, Arsenault is a welcome guide through the history of Mexico and Rumford, capturing the voices of their inhabitants, the stories they tell and the confidences they keep. Kerri Arsenault is both a graceful writer and a grieving daughter in search of answers and ultimately, justice. Mill Town is her first book. Such a fascinating book!! “Mill Town is a powerful, blistering, devastating book. Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers with over 50 million reviews. 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. has been added to your Cart. Definitely a must read for anyone who has a conscience. Mill Town is haunting and heartbreaking, charming and funny … and utterly exceptional.”―Alan Adams, The Maine Edge. The author’s reflections and stories took me back to my childhood and my own love/hate relationship with my community. $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. 11am to 5pm, usually. An extremely important book for any American This book has really woken me up to aspects of everyday pollution that have gone unnoticed, under-reported, and suppressed. 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