Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats Audiobook

" This was an interesting read. Hard to imagine no one knew (or wasn't honest about) the damaging affects of the plutonium... "

" This book artfully weaves memoir, investigative journalism, and science writing. It's a must-read for anyone living in Colorado or interested in environmental justice. "

" A somewhat long, sometimes confusing book about a nuclear plant in Colorado. Leaky barrels of plutonium, fires releasing chemicals in the air. A housing development downwind of the plant that most people believe makes cleaning supplies! Interesting read - could work for a nonfiction read for high school/common core. "

" Hmmm, so all the other reviews are singing this book's praises, but I thought it was lacking. The book features two inter-connecting stories: a rather typical coming-of-age story and the terrible history of contamination by a facility making plutonium buttons for nuclear weapons. The coming-of-age story is well written but something you've read a hundred times before (title character feels isolated, different; her father is an alcoholic and her mother suffers from regret and depression). The pieces about the toxic contamination is told like a series of facts without any narrative momentum - it was like reading transcripts most of the time. "

" This is both a memoir and a history/expose of the Rocky Flats factory, and the two separate narrative compliment each other well. At times it felt like reading a horror story, knowing something evil was lurking nearby while the characters have no idea of what is coming for them. It was also incredibly frustrating and disheartening to read about how poorly and at times criminally (in a moral if not strictly legal sense) the situation has been handled by the government. "

" Before reading this book I had never even heard of Rocky Flats. It amazed me that there was and still is this place that so many people are unaware of yet the impact is felt by such a large portion of the country. Full Body Burden is the true story of regular people that have the misfortune of living in the wrong place at the wrong time and the government actions that cause it all. Although I enjoyed reading it, I would have liked to read more about the lives of everyone involved. There were several times that I lost interest because of all the talk about studies and reports and test results and various government agencies. Sometimes it seemed like the story got lost in the all facts and figures but after a few pages I would get drawn back in by the story of someone else affected or an event that happened. It took me a while to get through the book but I'm glad I read it. This book does something that is important... It makes you think. "

" This book is crazy to think about but everyone should read. "

" This combination memoir and investigative journalism is an excellent overview of the operation of the life of a nuclear weapons plant and the impact it had on the people who lived nearby. "

" I think the subject matter was incredibly interesting, especially given that I live in Colorado and knew very little about Rocky Flats. I did feel the author droned on a bit and sometimes I really had to fight get through her writing which was a bit boring. "

" I loved this book. Enlightening look at the history of Arvada and Rocky Flats. A must read for those in Five Parks and the Standley Lake area. Don't look now, more houses going up in the fallout area. "

" This is some scary shit, especially living here in Colorado. "

" Jeez! How scary! Full of frightening information, but a well-told story and definitely worth reading. "

" An absolute must read. "

" Interesting mix of family memoir and a look at the ongoing government secrecy & denial re. Rocky Flats. Although filled with research, the focus on the people involved keeps it from being a recitation of dry facts. "