I try to keep up with reading the Pulitzer Prize winners and this was the co-winner for 2023.
I highly recommend this book for any who are not familiar with the opioid crisis and what it does to young lives. The protagonist in this book is orphaned and follows his own path through foster homes, homelessness, drug issues and recovery.
It is written in a conversational style and really drives home the typical existence of the poor of our very own third world county, otherwise known as deep Appalachia in far western Virginia.
It's been a long time since I was up at 1 AM thinking "ok just one more chapter". It's not an easy read as there is physical and sexual abuse, along with heavy drug use, suicides, accidental deaths, and much more.
But I'll tell you one thing - you walk away from the book wanting ALL the pain and suffering that could come down upon the Sackler family to do so. What they did to the lower classes of our society is criminal in the highest degree.
I highly recommend this book for any who are not familiar with the opioid crisis and what it does to young lives. The protagonist in this book is orphaned and follows his own path through foster homes, homelessness, drug issues and recovery.
It is written in a conversational style and really drives home the typical existence of the poor of our very own third world county, otherwise known as deep Appalachia in far western Virginia.
It's been a long time since I was up at 1 AM thinking "ok just one more chapter". It's not an easy read as there is physical and sexual abuse, along with heavy drug use, suicides, accidental deaths, and much more.
But I'll tell you one thing - you walk away from the book wanting ALL the pain and suffering that could come down upon the Sackler family to do so. What they did to the lower classes of our society is criminal in the highest degree.
