A Paradise Built In Hell Av Rebecca Solnit

<b><b>A <i>New York Times </i>Notable Book<br><br>Chosen as a Best Book of the Year by<i> the New York Times</i>, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, <i>New Yorker</i>, <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>, <i>Washington Post</i>, and <i>Chicago Tribune</i></b><br><br>“A landmark book that gives impassioned challenge to the social meaning of disasters” <b>—</b><i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br></b><br><b><b>“</b>Solnit argues that disasters are opportunities as well as oppressions, each one a summons to rediscover the powerful engagement and joy of genuine altruism, civic life, grassroots community, and meaningful work.<b><b>”</b></b>—<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b><br><br><b>A stirring investigation into what happens in the aftermath of disaster, from the author of <i>Orwell''s Roses</i><br></b><br> The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that t