In the end I decided that I like half of this book. The part
about Kris’s life wasn’t bad to read but the part about Rocky Flats I found
myself having trouble reading it. I liked Parable
of the Sower better because I find it easier to read a fiction novel rather
than a memoir.
The
epilogue talks about Fukushima. Iversen explains, “It was the world’s worst
nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. More than 100,000 Japanese residents in
surrounding communities were forced to flee” (342). Thinking about the
struggles Japanese residents had to endure makes me upset. I have been very
fortunate and haven’t had to deal with a nuclear plant like the people near
Rocky Flats and Fukushima had to. I could never imagine living near plutonium
and the contamination. The stress and unknown of what could occur would scare
me and cause me to live in fear. I think that this book ended with Kristen Iversen
being in a good place because she rekindled her relationship with her father
and seemed happier towards the end of the book.
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