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| ISBN: | 1469935708 (ISBN13: 9781469935706) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Kathleen Shoop
Paperback | Pages: 418 pages Rating: 3.72 | 700 Users | 143 Reviews
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| Title | : | After the Fog |
| Author | : | Kathleen Shoop |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 418 pages |
| Published | : | May 8th 2012 by Create Space |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction |
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The sins of the mother... In the steel mill town of Donora, Pennsylvania, site of the infamous 1948 "killing smog," headstrong nurse Rose Pavlesic tends to her family and neighbors. Controlling and demanding, she's created a life that reflects everything she missed growing up as an orphan. She's even managed to keep her painful secrets hidden from her loving husband, dutiful children, and large extended family.When a stagnant weather pattern traps poisonous mill gasses in the valley, neighbors grow sicker and Rose's nursing obligations thrust her into conflict she never could have fathomed. Consequences from her past collide with her present life, making her once clear decisions as gray as the suffocating smog. As pressure mounts, Rose finds she's not the only one harboring lies. When the deadly fog finally clears, the loss of trust and faith leaves the Pavlesic family-and the whole town-splintered and shocked. With her new perspective, can Rose finally forgive herself and let her family's healing begin?Rating Containing Books After the Fog
Ratings: 3.72 From 700 Users | 143 ReviewsColumn Containing Books After the Fog
An interesting story based on the Donora Smog event. A town nurse "Rose" is juggling working and having a family. She has worked her entire life to put her past behind her and for a better life for her children. She has kept many many secrets from them and pushed them extremely hard for what seems to be her own dreams and not their own. Not intentionally she just wants them get the heck out of Donora and have a wonderful life, but in this she has somehow forgotten how to listen to them. Her pastAn ok read. Interesting history.
Author: Kathleen ShoopPublished by: Create SpaceAge Recommended: AdultReviewed By: Arlena DeanBook Blog For: GMTARating: 4Review:"After the Fog" by Kathleen Shoop was a novel based on a real event in 1948, in in Donora, Pennsylvania that sickened over 7000 people. We find a nurse named Rose Pavkesic was the main character and was presented a unlikeable person, but why was this? We do find out later in the read as she shares her 20 year old secrets of why she harbors these hateful and resentful
Kathleen Shoop really has a knack of transporting you back in time to Donora with sights, sounds and smells, I could vividly imagine life in this era perfectly whilst reading. Set in 1948 in the mill town of Donora this story is based around the time of the killing smog that engulfs the town and sees its residents fall fowl to the effects off the constant mill works.Secrets galore come out amidst the smog and life for Rose and her family is forever changed. This was a really long book longer
I finally finished this! This novel dragged on a bit. In fact, I used it as a sleep aid on several nights... As Rose's personality was revealed, I liked her less and less. Lucky for me, her character does develop as a result of events that unfolded in the lives of her family "after the fog." This fog was a killer smog that was produced by the steel and zinc mills. As a visiting nurse. Rose was in the middle of a lot of drama. The story was interesting enough for me to want to know how it ended,
I was intrigued by this title after watching a reenactment on The Weather Channel about the "killer" fog that hit Donora, PA in 1948. A polished cover and a tight, well written blurb had me asking the library to order a copy (which they did - they are great that way!).Unfortunately, I was hoping for a tale that had everyday working people overcoming the situation by banding together as a community. Instead, the protagonist was abrasive and it struck me that every cliche in the world was thrown
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