Amity and Prosperity Summary
Eliza Griswold

Amity and Prosperity Overview

This work of journalistic non-fiction focuses on the experiences of Stacey Haney, a single mother of two in rural Pennsylvania who fought for corporations mining fossil fuels near her farm to be held accountable for what she saw as polluting the area’s air and water. The narrative chronicles the several years of Stacey’s fight, developing themes associated with different definitions of prosperity, the importance of family, and the nature of profiting from the so-called “American Dream.”