Full Body Burden was really interesting! It was a good blend of hardcore science and history as well as memoir narrative with some really interesting parallels. And I'm not sure if it was the book or just my hormones fluctuating at the time, but there were several instances where I nearly cried about it on the bus.
Kristen throws you right into everything talking about a near criticality at the plant at the very beginning. This is one of the first books to show the humanity in the people affected by Rocky Flats -- the workers, their families, and the genuinely ignorant townspeople.
Here is an interview that I had the privilege of conducting with Kristen before her event with us:
http://boulderbookstore.blogspot.com/...
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