{"product_id":"9781643620381-plastic","title":"Plastic","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Autobiography\u003cbr\u003eHow the autobiography of plastic became the autobiography of all of us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the 2022 Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the 2022 CLMP Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003ePlastic\u003c\/i\u003e is powerful and moving, a deep, personal exploration of the modern world.”—\u003cb\u003eRichard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize recipient for \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the Atomic Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePlastic: An Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e, Cobb’s obsession with a large plastic car part leads her to explore the violence of our consume-and-dispose culture, including her own life as a child of Los Alamos, where the first atomic bombs were made. The journey exposes the interconnections among plastic waste, climate change, nuclear technologies, and racism. Using a series of interwoven narratives―from ancient Phoenicia to Alabama―the book bears witness to our deepest entanglements and asks how humans continue on this planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944647602273,"sku":"9781643620381","price":15.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33620246.jpg?v=1744275261","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781643620381-plastic","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}