About the BookBrindle 24, new contemporary fiction, shines a brutal light on the toxic chemical use by the gas drilling industry. The chemicals exact a heavy toll on all life forms. The novel tells the raw story of a nuclear family who live in intimate harmony with the land. Their world is torn apart by effects of hydraulic fracturing, fracking, beneath their ancestral home.
The fate of the family over 24 hours will haunt the reader, as fracking continues to expand across the globe. About the AuthorJ.J.Brown is the author of the short story collection Death
and the Dream, novels Vector a Modern Love Story, and American Dream, two novellas in The Doctor's Dreams, and the poetry book Natural Supernatural Love. She is a contributing author in Global Chorus: 365 Voices on the Future of the Planet. Born in the Catskill Mountains, J.J.Brown lives in New York City. The author was trained as a scientist and completed a PhD in genetics. |
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Author's NoteWriting the book, Brindle 24, I was inspired by the brave people who publicly shared their experiences about the impact of fracking on their lives. They are American farmers, singers, poets, physicians, and scientists who exercised their freedom of expression. I thank them.
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