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Rebecca Solnit: A Paradise Built in Hell (2010, Penguin (Non-Classics), Penguin Books) 4 stars

A startling investigation ofwhat people do in disastersand why it mattersWhy is it that in …

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Abandoned, p.90. Stories of disasters bringing out the best in us. Cherrypicked anecdotes demonstrating how wonderful and kumbaya it is when disasters happen and survivors organically unite to provide mutual assistance, rejecting payment, everyone acting out of pure unselfish love; then how horrible it is when authorities come in and ruin everything. This was reading more like a utopian manifesto than anything nuanced, informative, or thoughtful. I flipped ahead, got the same vibe, am moving on to my next book.