Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP, is a physician, scientist, and activist who has been called to testify twice before the United States Congress, awarded the Freedom of Expression Courage Award by PEN America, and named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.
“A stirring and personal account . . . For all
her doggedness, Hanna-Attisha is a goofy, appealing, very
human narrator. . . . Hers is the book I’d recommend to those
coming to the issue for the first time; the crisis becomes
personalized through the stories of her patients and their
parents.”—Parul Sehgal, The New York Times
“The Iraqi American pediatrician who helped expose the Flint water
crisis lays bare the bureaucratic bunk and flat-out injustice at
the heart of the environmental disgrace—revealing, with the
gripping intrigue of a Grisham thriller, ‘the story of a government
poisoning its own citizens, and then lying about it.’”—O: The Oprah
Magazine
“It’s one thing to point out a problem. It is another thing
altogether to step up and work to fix it. Mona Hanna-Attisha is a
true American hero.”—Erin Brockovich
“A clarion call to live a life of purpose.”—The Washington Post
“Gripping . . . entertaining . . . Her book has power precisely
because she takes the events she recounts so personally. . . .
Moral outrage present on every page.”—The New York Times Book
Review
“Personal and emotional. . . She vividly describes the effects of
lead poisoning on her young patients. . . . She is at her best when
recounting the detective work she undertook after a tip-off about
lead levels from a friend. . . . ‛Flint will not be defined by this
crisis,’ vows Ms. Hanna-Attisha.”—The Economist
“Flint is a public health disaster. But it was Dr. Mona, this
caring, tough pediatrician turned detective, who cracked the
case.”—Rachel Maddow
“Mona Hanna-Attisha’s account of that urban man-made disaster reads
both as a detective story and as an exposé of government
corruption. . . . Her book’s message is that we each have the
power to fix things, to make the world safer by opening
one another’s eyes to problems. Her book reinforced my belief
that the first step to becoming a citizen activist is seeing
the world as it should be, not as it is given to you.”—The Seattle
Times
“Essential for all readers who care about children, health,
and the environment. This should be required reading for
public servants as an incisive cautionary tale, and for
pediatricians and youth advocates as a story of heroism in the
ranks of people who have the capacity to make a
difference.”—Library Journal (starred review)
“She is an unlikely hero—a pediatrician who went up against the
forces responsible for poisoning an American city, my hometown of
Flint, Michigan. Yet because of her gentle but unrelenting
perseverance, she brought the world’s attention to this crime. A
story of race, greed, and a crumbling democracy, What the Eyes
Don’t See is a brilliantly written book—may it help save every
Flint in this country.”—Michael Moore
“[A] powerful firsthand account . . . Hanna-Attisha’s empathy for
her patients and the people of Flint comes through, as do her pride
in her Iraqi roots and her persistent optimism. . . . An inspiring
work.”—Publishers Weekly
“Told with passion and intelligence, What the Eyes Don’t See is an
essential text for understanding the full scope of injustice in
Flint and the importance of fighting for what’s right.”—Booklist
(starred review)
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