Atomic Farmgirl by Teri Hein

Reviewed by Rheanna 

Atomic Farmgirl

by Teri Hein, Mariner Books, 2003, 249 pp.

M.A.P. , Spring 2008

Have you ever stopped to consider the tragic after-effect of war? Long after the end, death can continue i other, seemingly unrelated ways. In this book, Teri Hein investigates the Hanford Nuclear Site close to where she was born, tying her tragic and humorous life into this very true story.

Teri Hein grew up in the Palouse Hills in Washington State, sharing a farm with her three sisters and parents, not to mention the livestock. When Teri was 14, her dad came over with a brain hemmorhage. Teri's dad is not the first one to develop something, as lots of people in that time and area got cancer and other such things. As Teri explains the terrible truth about the Hanford Nuclear Site, you will be swept away with the thought about what the government doesn't share with the public.

This book left my brain pleasantly filled with information about the government, nuclear power, and what it's like to be a farmgirl. I myself am a city person, so it was new and strange to see the view of a farmer in the 60's. Atomic Farmgirl was an interesting read, though I would not recommend it to anyone with a short attention span.