bethanygladhill 's review for:

American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse

3.0

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So I think this is a case of unreasonable expectations. Time after time I read these kinds of books expecting a larger analysis of socio-economic conditions that lead to these kinds of situations (hey, blame the title). Instead, I get a moderately interesting description of a point in time of history. Where's the larger picture?