Nothing could be more important than the health of our children, and no one is better suited to examine the threats against it than Sandra Steingraber. Once called "a poet with a knife," she blends precise science with lyrical memoir. In Living Downstream she spoke as a biologist and cancer survivor; in Having Faith she spoke as an ecologist and expectant mother, viewing her own body as a habitat. Now she speaks as the scientist mother of two young children, enjoying and celebrating their lives while searching for ways to protect them--and all children--from the toxic, climate-threatened world they inhabit
Each chapter of this engaging and unique book focuses on one inevitable ingredient of childhood--everything from pizza to laundry to homework to the "Big Talk"--and explores the underlying social, political, and ecological forces behind it. Through these everyday moments, Steingraber demonstrates how closely the private, intimate world of parenting connects to the public world of policy-making and how the ongoing environmental crisis is, fundamentally, a crisis of family life.
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Sandra Steingraber, PhD, biologist, activist, and author, is Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Ithaca College in New York.
KeepTapWaterSafe.org, 9/13/11“It might be the most important parenting book you’ll ever read....Detailed and sobering...The facts are compelling unto themselves, yet her fluid prose is animated with personal anecdotes—all the better to elucidate the connection between corporate poisoning of the biosphere and our burgeoning public health crises. Raising Elijah also raises hope.”
Metapsychology Online Reviews, 9/13/11
“A fascinating and moving story about a parent's struggle to protect her child's health and wellbeing while still planning for his future in a world full of environmental dangers...Steingraber writes in a witty, poetic fashion, easily drawing connections between the environmental crisis and children's health...The book is one of the most fascinating and well-written pieces concerning the environmental crisis that I have read.”
Santa Monica Public Library, “Green Prize for Sustainable Literature,” September 2012
Booklist, 3/15/11
“Steingraber writes passionately about the things that matter most to her, her family and the environment...smoothly shifting from events in her life to a broader view...Steingraber wants to change the world even as she remains firmly planted in the neighborhood, seeking a way to make life better than most of us have come to expect.”
Quarterly Review of Biology, March 2012
“Steingraber unleashes the accumulating evidence that the current environmental crisis affects children disproportionately...Historical perspectives and modern scientific findings are skillfully interwoven with autobiographical accounts that are at times verbose, at time humorous, but always engaging. Complicated science is made easy through the use of metaphors...[A] bold book...[that] demands reflection and action.”
Valley Advocate, 10/6/11
“Raising Elijah does many things, and does them well. It’s a book about science that makes the topic accessible without leaving the reader feeling as if she’s being spoken down to. That’s thanks, in no small part, to Steingraber’s gift as a writer.”
Herizons, Fall 2011
“Steingraber combines compelling statistical evidence with beautiful writing to create an inspiring read...If you despair at the state of the planet and wonder how you can understand complex environmental problems, including climate change, while taking actions against them, this book is for you.”
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