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Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire
By Johnson, Lizzie
- ISBN
- 9780593136386
- Publisher
- Crown
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Starred Review on August 1, 2021 | Social Sciences
Johnson has written a gripping, shocking, and intimate minute-by-minute account of the deadly Camp Fire that ravaged the Northern California towns of Paradise, Concow, and Magalia in November 2018; it is nearly as tough to read as it is important. This is no insult to debut author Johnson, a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. Her writing is eloquent, her storytelling is compelling, and her research and reporting are thorough, as is her empathy. The story she t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
