New Memoir: 'Forever Chemicals,' Religion, and Family Tragedy in Texas

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New Memoir: 'Forever Chemicals,' Religion, and Family Tragedy in Texas

Editor’s Note: This excerpt is adapted from Loose of Earth: A Memoir (April 2024) with permission from University of Texas Press. The Environmental Protection Agency announced limits on PFAS in drinking water earlier this month. A blade of light glances off my grandparents’ white Lincoln. They park at the curb. A torque of despair turns in my stomach at the way Dad draws his mother into his arms. There’s a tumor in Dad’s colon. That’s all anyone…