What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City (One World Essentials)

ISBN: 0399590854

Author: Hanna-Attisha, Mona

Condition: New

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK The dramatic story of the Flint water crisis, by a relentless physician who stood up to power.Stirring . . . [a] blueprint for all those who believe . . . that the world . . . should be full of people raising their voices.-The New York TimesRevealing, with the gripping intrigue of a Grisham thriller. -O: The Oprah MagazineHere is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, alongside a team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders, discovered that the children of Flint, Michigan, were being exposed to lead in their tap water-and then battled her own government and a brutal backlash to expose that truth to the world. Paced like a scientific thriller, What the Eyes Dont See reveals how misguided austerity policies, broken democracy, and callous bureaucratic indifference placed an entire city at risk. And at the center of the story is Dr. Mona herself-an immigrant, doctor, scientist, and mother whose familys activist roots inspired her pursuit of justice.What the Eyes Dont See is a riveting account of a shameful disaster that became a tale of hope, the story of a city on the ropes that came together to fight for justice, self-determination, and the right to build a better world for their-and all of our-children.Praise for What the Eyes Dont SeeIt is one thing to point out a problem. It is another thing altogether to step up and work to fix it. Mona Hanna-Attisha is a true American hero.-Erin BrockovichA clarion call to live a life of purpose.-The Washington PostGripping . . . entertaining . . . Her book has power precisely because she takes the events she recounts so personally. . . . Moral outrage present on every page.-The New York Times Book ReviewPersonal and emotional. . . She vividly describes the effects of lead poisoning on her young patients. . . . She is at her best when recounting the detective work she undertook after a tip-off about lead levels from a friend. . . . 'Flint will not be defined by this crisis, vows Ms. Hanna-Attisha.-The EconomistFlint is a public health disaster. But it was Dr. Mona, this caring, tough pediatrican turned detective, who cracked the case.-Rachel Maddow