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American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land
by Monica Hesse
"The trouble with being the type of person who would do anything for love was that you would do anything for love."
Engrossing retelling of a string of arsons on the Eastern Shore of Virginia -- told through interviews with volunteer firefighters (who dealt with all 70+ fires in this empty stretch of country!), investigators, and the community. In the end, I'm as baffled as anybody about the why and the wherefore. But I also feel sympathy for the two arsonists, struggling to make sense of a world in which money is tight, emotions run high, and addiction is never far away.
Engrossing retelling of a string of arsons on the Eastern Shore of Virginia -- told through interviews with volunteer firefighters (who dealt with all 70+ fires in this empty stretch of country!), investigators, and the community. In the end, I'm as baffled as anybody about the why and the wherefore. But I also feel sympathy for the two arsonists, struggling to make sense of a world in which money is tight, emotions run high, and addiction is never far away.