American Fire : Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land (CD-Audio)

from aarchamb

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book! It's not overly complex or long but gives the reader a sense of what has happened to the cultural drain on the Eastern Shore, as well as, the story of a series of fires that happened between 2012/2013. Think "The Perfect Storm" only less details, faster read,...

from Carol420

I liked this story much more than I thought I would when I picked the book up because it fit a category of a challenge. The story really isn't the fires as much as it's a story of a rural community that has fallen on drastically devastating hard times with irrational behavior thrown into the smol...

from ozzer

There is no mystery surrounding who the serial arsonists are in AMERICAN FIRE. We learn their identities in the first few pages. Instead Monica Hesse has another intention for her intriguing examination of events surrounding over 80 arsons of abandoned structures in rural Virginia over five month...

from SamSattler

Interesting but rather dry story of an arsonists-couple that took place in 'west Virginia. Interesting but rather dry account of an arsonists-couple in West Virginia that managed to start 68 fires before finally be caught. The reader of the audiobook version has such a robotic voice and delivery ...

from arielfl

I love true crime. Why people unravel psychologically and what happens when they do endlessly fascinates me. The author didn't seem to have much of an exciting case to work with. Basically it boils down to two losers who go around setting fires, make that a lot of fires, and who tie their communi...