The Only Harmless Great Thing

by Brooke Bolander

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"Devastatingly powerful. Bolander gives voice to the voiceless." -Helen MacDonald

In the early years of the 20th century, a group of female factory workers in Newark, New Jersey slowly died of radiation poisoning. Around the same time, an Indian elephant was deliberately put to death by electricity in Coney Island.

These are the facts.

Now these two tragedies are intertwined in a dark alternate history of rage, radioactivity, and injustice crying out to be righted. Prepare yourself for a wrenching journey that crosses eras, chronicling histories of cruelty both grand and petty in search of meaning and justice.
  • ISBN10 1250169488
  • ISBN13 9781250169488
  • Publish Date 23 January 2018
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint St Martin's Press
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 96
  • Language English