Welcome to Litsy!

Absolutely loved this short but incredibly punchy book from @BookNAround #newyearwhodis list. Short stories, each from the perspective of a different person in a small community blighted by opioid addiction, come together to provide Maggie‘s story. It‘s not a long read but had huge emotional impact. With few words the author paints a compelling and disturbing picture. Would never have found this myself so grateful for this challenge!

My next book is short, but it is an important read, as I live in an area that is especially hard hit by the opioid epidemic.

I think this book mail arrived at the front door yesterday but we only discovered it this morning. It‘s a bit of a hodgepodge. The tagged book is for the annual book club holiday luncheon where we exchange a book we loved but did not read with the group. Winter Garden is a book club book. The Fated Sky is the sequel to The Calculating Stars, which I just read and loved. 👇🏼

The opioid crisis is touching every part of America. It has been an issue in the region in which I was born and still live. The stories Ive heard here locally and the lives affected by this crisis is overwhelming and heartbreaking. Perhaps my connection to this crisis is why I enjoyed Maggie Boylan as much as I did. I can‘t praise this work enough, it felt real to me. This small collection of interconnected stories was bleak but hopeful at times.

My #currentread
It‘s bleak and it‘s slim. It‘s a collection of interconnected stories about the title character, Maggie Boylan. It takes place in the region I‘m from and where I still live. These pages hold scenes I recognize from Appalachian Ohio.

I‘ll eventually get to my #makemereadit pile but I have a few other obligations first, including this one. About the opioid crisis in Appalachia, this should be a tough read but I‘ve been told it‘s a good and thought provoking one too. (Sugar is unfortunately the drug I‘m addicted to.)