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100 1  Arsenault, Kerri,|eauthor. 
245 10 Mill town :|breckoning with what remains /|cKerri 
       Arsenault. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c2020. 
300    x, 354 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-354). 
520    "A galvanizing and powerful debut, Mill Town is an 
       American story, a human predicament, and a moral wake-up 
       call that asks: what are we willing to tolerate and whose 
       lives are we willing to sacrifice for our own survival? 
       Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of
       Mexico, Maine. For over 100 years the community orbited 
       around a paper mill that employs most townspeople, 
       including three generations of Arsenault's own family. 
       Years after she moved away, Arsenault realized the price 
       she paid for that seemingly secure childhood. The mill, 
       while providing livelihoods for nearly everyone, also 
       contributed to the destruction of the environment and the 
       decline of the town's economic, moral, and emotional 
       health in a slow-moving catastrophe, earning the area the 
       nickname "Cancer Valley." In Mill Town, Arsenault 
       undertakes an excavation of a collective past, sifting 
       through historical archives and scientific reports, 
       talking to family and neighbors, and examining her own 
       childhood to present a portrait of a community that 
       illuminates not only the ruin of her hometown and the 
       collapse of the working-class of America, but also the 
       hazards of both living in and leaving home, and the 
       silences we are all afraid to violate. In exquisite prose,
       Arsenault explores the corruption of bodies: the human 
       body, bodies of water, and governmental bodies, and what 
       it's like to come from a place you love but doesn't always
       love you back"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Arsenault, Kerri|xFamily. 
610 20 Rumford Mill. 
650  0 Working class|zMaine|zMexico (Town)|vBiography. 
650  0 Paper industry|xEnvironmental aspects|zMaine|zOxford 
       County. 
650  0 Paper industry|xHealth aspects|zMaine|zOxford County. 
650  0 Pollution|zAndroscoggin River Region (N.H. and Me.)
       |vAnecdotes. 
651  0 Mexico (Me. : Town)|vBiography. 
651  0 Mexico (Me. : Town)|xSocial life and customs. 
651  0 Rumford (Me.)|vBiography. 
651  0 Androscoggin River Region (N.H. and Me.)|xEnvironmental 
       conditions.