After the Fog - Kathleen Shoop

After the Fog

By Kathleen Shoop

  • Release Date: 2012-07-11
  • Genre: Historical Fiction
Score: 4
4
From 272 Ratings
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Description

The sins of the mother…
In the steel 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? For every woman who thinks she left her past behind...

Reviews

  • Okay. But too long.

    3
    By inveterate reader
    I’m from the coal mining, steel and zinc industries of eastern Pennsylvania. I could relate to a lot in the book, but the characters never felt real or human to me. I was determined to finish the book, so I did. I wish the story had been cut by about half because it would have been a better read. Rose is not a lovable character, even as she changed rapidly during the last chapters. She is more of a stick figure, feeling proud of herself for taking care of the town’s sick. I had the feeling she would revert to her earlier ways. I won’t be getting any of the following books.

  • Lost Hopes

    5
    By Rocking On!
    This story about Rose and Henry and how they survived in a town with their family that was covered in a deadly fog caused by nearby industrial mills. It shows also how we can get caught up in ourselves and lose sight of our family. Couldn’t put it down until the very end! Must read story!

  • Sad story about industrial greed

    5
    By CGMurp
    The description of the individual characters made them very real to me.

  • Wonderful

    5
    By Jenniecat 1
    I felt that the story was a good second chance story.

  • After the Fog

    5
    By oldladyinflorida
    Fantastic story boldly told. Rose’s destructive self talk is sooo instructive. Toxic air, society, and family secrets are exposed and purged.

  • After the Fog

    5
    By living davis of DMG
    This book was a revelation to a person who lived in the time frame it was set. My experience on a sandy farm was did not suffer the coal clouds but dust storms. The emotional and physical as well as psychological effects were the same as fog. Families were separated by work and homesteads. Mothers were so busy running the farm they neglected housework and children. As a result, many people grew up sexually abused ,socially bullied and ostracized.. psychologically challenged. I was born in 1939.Thank you for the marvelous novel.

  • After the Fog

    4
    By gweneeth
    Gritty and real. Mill towns were dirty and filled with hard working, hard drinking men and women. Our country was built on the backs and deaths of immigrants from all nations. The wealthy owners cared nothing for the workers they were expendable. I’m often ashamed of our country when I read about the atrocities dumped on the helpless. Good book and thank you for sharing this dark time I’m history. G

  • After the Fog

    5
    By Jennie the Jewel
    Probably one of the better books I have read this year. As an old biology teacher, it was interesting to read this story in a believable novel with good characters and historical logic incorporated. The symptoms, the layout of the town, the development of the crisis; all were woven together in a fascinating tale. Good read!

  • After the Fog

    5
    By sometimers3
    Enlightening. I come from a copper smelter town so I’m well aware of the health hazards of industrial towns. So many have died of cancer and lung disease. What a tragedy those companies cared so little about their employees health, low wages, job security, benefits, etc. it is so good that in today’s world changes have been made.

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