A review by ivanssister
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Solnit

3.0

When I discovered this book in maybe 2022, I  did not notice the publication date. Based on the title and cover, I mistakenly thought the Paradise wildfire would be one of the disasters addressed (LOL to me). I found the sections about Katrina and Mexico most compelling, as I didn't know as much about some of the life in the aftermath situations there, as say compared to 9/11. That section was difficult to read even 23 years after the fact, and I will admit that I found I need to skim because I didn't want to revisit those times.