Thank you for this, Lisa. Silent Spring shook my whole world when I read it at age 14. It was right after my (only) summer spent hoeing in the onion fields and scrubbing the green residue off my legs at the end of each day. All these years later, her books are still bold, beautiful, and heartbreaking.
Hi Maya, that’s quite an image and time to read SS for the first time. Have you read William Souder’s biography of her, On a Farther Shore? I’m really loving it.
Thank you for this, Lisa. Silent Spring shook my whole world when I read it at age 14. It was right after my (only) summer spent hoeing in the onion fields and scrubbing the green residue off my legs at the end of each day. All these years later, her books are still bold, beautiful, and heartbreaking.
Hi Maya, that’s quite an image and time to read SS for the first time. Have you read William Souder’s biography of her, On a Farther Shore? I’m really loving it.
I did read it a few years back when it first came out and was mesmerized. Thanks for the nudge to reread it! 😊