Jeanne K. on Factory Man

 I became hooked with the first two pages! It is beautifully written and organized, with an incredible amount of investigative reporting. I now finally understand the true meaning of globalization — a term I was familiar with but didn’t really understand in terms of what it meant to individual Americans who have lost their manufacturing jobs and the factories that were built with blood, sweat, and tears over generations. Beth Macy is obviously passionate about the subject matter and interviewed people from the lowest level to the top.

Sarah T. on Raising Lazarus

Raising Lazarus is a riveting follow up to the award winning Dopesick, now on Hulu. I tell everyone of my clients that these are both must reads/ watch to comprehend the heinous drug cartel The Sackler family of Purdue pharma. How Americas epidemic was systematically orchestrated by one families greed and in Lazarus some hopefull insights into how we can combat substance use and overdose deaths. Harm reduction and instant treatment access are paramount. Read the heart wrenching accounts of people who are on the front lines and those they are trying to save. If you do nothing else this summer/ devour these timely engaging books to understand Americas peril at the hands of evil greed, corruption, apathy, Chinese transnational and Mexican cartels. And how to stand up to it.