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Simmons Community Read: What The Eyes Don't See: Read

A guide for the Fall 2020 Simmons Community Read
simmons community read: what the eyes don't see

About the Book

what the eyes don't see bookcover

Here is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, alongside a team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders, discovered that the children of Flint, Michigan, were being exposed to lead in their tap water—and then battled her own government and a brutal backlash to expose that truth to the world. Paced like a scientific thriller, What the Eyes Don’t See reveals how misguided austerity policies, broken democracy, and callous bureaucratic indifference placed an entire city at risk. And at the center of the story is Dr. Mona herself—an immigrant, doctor, scientist, and mother whose family’s activist roots inspired her pursuit of justice.

What the Eyes Don’t See is a riveting account of a shameful disaster that became a tale of hope, the story of a city on the ropes that came together to fight for justice, self-determination, and the right to build a better world for their—and all of our—children.

-Penguin Random House

Where to Read

Where to Read

Find and read your copy of the eBook here.

Audiobooks available here.

Hint: eBooks can only be read online. For downloadable versions, check your local library or purchase your own from various online booksellers. Contact the library at library@simmons.edu if you are having trouble accessing these books.

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