Necessary Risks - Hardcover

When Nora Holing, a young veterinarian, moves to a small, northern California town, all she wants is a peaceful country life working with animals. What she gets is a wrenching moral and legal battle with her adopted town over the use of an agricultural chemical threatening the future of humans and animals. She risks her professional and personal life as she becomes an environmental activist and inspires those around her to win a small victory for the planet.