Public Health Book Club : Mill Town with Extras

Winner of the 2021 Rachel Carson Environmental Book Award
Winner of the 2021 Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction

The book is part memoir, part investigative journalism, in which the author explores the history of her small hometown of Mexico, Maine, where generations of families - including her own - have worked in the paper mills, played in its rivers, attended its schools, worshipped in its churches, and died. A number of themes relevant to public health are threaded through the book, including environmental justice, income inequality, displacement and migration, and political activism. 

Ways to get it: If you have a kindle or other type of e-reader, you may be able to read it as an ebook..Overdrive is the program uses an app called Libby. Use this link to see if your library has it.

Borrow:

University Libraries:

• Northeastern
• Temple

Public libraries might have copies. Below are the main public libraries for each of the cities associated with your university.
 

Students can get library cards from these libraries.Check your home town public library too.

• Free Library of Philadelphia, has 6 in print, 1 ebook and 1 audiobook.
• New Orleans Public Library has 1 copy in print.
• Boston Public Library has 1 print copy and 2 ebooks.

Purchase:

If you are planning on purchasing the book  consider purchasing from a local bookstore, if they don't have it in stock they can order it.

You can also use Bookshop.org that gives some of the proceeds to local bookstores.

Pangobooks was suggested by a student, used books are available at a lower cost here.