{"product_id":"mother-country-britain-the-welfare-state-and-nuclear-pollution-paperback","title":"Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State and Nuclear Pollution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarilynne Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the time when Robinson wrote this book, the largest known source of radioactive contamination of the world's environment was a government-owned nuclear plant called Sellafield, not far from Wordsworth's cottage in the Lakes District; one child in sixty was dying from leukemia in the village closest to the plant. The central question of this eloquently impassioned book is: How can a country that we persist in calling a welfare state consciously risk the lives of its people for profit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMother Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a 1989 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilynne Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eGilead\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Orange Prize, the L.A. Times Book Prize, and a finalist for the National Book Award. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eHousekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, won the PEN\/Hemingway Award. Robinson is also the author of the nonfiction books \u003ci\u003eAbsence of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Adam\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop and lives in Iowa City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 261\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51860957987104,"sku":"9780374526597","price":24.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/74ClSiLeZ59780374526597.webp?v=1781614451","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mother-country-britain-the-welfare-state-and-nuclear-pollution-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}