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2019 selection · Nonfiction

Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America

by Eliza Griswold

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction · Winner

The story of a Pennsylvania family challenging pollution associated with natural-gas extraction near their home.

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It grounds debates over energy and regulation in one community's prolonged fight.

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You like character-driven environmental journalism.

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