Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
Janisse Ray
A memoir of a childhood, spend in an isolated Georgia community of Crackers, that grew into a passion to save the vanishing longleaf pine ecocystem in which she was raised.
Read Time: ~4.1 hr
Overdressed
by Elizabeth L. Cline (2012)
About this book
Evaluates the costs of low-priced clothing while tracing the author's own transformation to a conscientious shopper, a journey during which she visited a garment factory, learned to resole shoes, and shopped for local, sustainable clothing.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreOverdressed Lead Character
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