The residents of the town of Clarence have fallen under the spell of a strange drug which unlocks their memories, leaving them vulnerable to all the joys and sorrows they have ever endured.
The Gladney's family life is disrupted and threatened when an industrial accident sends a lethal cloud over their community; Jack Gladney struggles with the ensuing complications, which include murder.
a chronicle of individual, industrial, and governmental carelessness
Davis, Lee A
1998
Profiles the worst environmental disasters of the twentieth century and discusses what caused the disaster, how it was handled, and what its aftermath was.
Includes accidents such as the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant partial core meltdown, Hyatt Regency Skywalk collapse, Union Carbide Chemical Plant leak, Chernobyl Nuclear Plant explosion, and the Exxon oil spill.
Describes a wide range of environmental disasters, including the meltdown at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, the Alaskan oil spill, the shrinking of the Aral Sea, and others.
Chronicles the January 15, 1919 Boston Molasses Flood that killed twenty-one people when over two million gallons of molasses poured out of the steel tank that stored it and traveled through the city's North End.
The Gladney's family life is disrupted and threatened when an industrial accident sends a lethal cloud over their community. Jack Gladney struggles with the ensuing complications which include murder.
