2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival
2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Kristen Iversen at Edinburgh International Book Festival
57 minutes Posted Sep 23, 2013 at 10:01 am.
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Riveting and horrifying in equal measure, Kristen Iversen’s memoir of growing up next to the Rocky Flats nuclear facility near Denver, Colorado describes the secrecy surrounding a plant which made plutonium warhead triggers for the US nuclear arsenal. Full Body Burden is a fascinating story of successive radiation leaks and cover-ups set against a coming-of-age memoir and in this event, recorded live at the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival, Iversen tells her story to Stuart Kelly.