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Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town | Nick Reding
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Anna from Gustine
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An important book with meticulous research. It juxtaposes a tale of meth and economic downturn in Oelwein, Iowa, with the meth epidemic in America and the role of pharmaceutical companies. It is grim, despite an upswing at the end. I'm from a rural, economically depressed area myself, but on the West Coast. I had a hard time relating to the Midwest culture, but I keep referring to it in conversations which means the book succeeded nevertheless.

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Had to bail on the book unfortunately. I don‘t think I‘m in the right frame of mind for such a journalistic style of writing. Maybe at a different time in life I‘ll try again. But for now, it‘ll have to be a bailed book.

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I expected to enjoy this book because I grew up in small town Nebraska/Iowa and know where the places the book mentions are, and can point them out on a map… but I‘m really struggling. I think it has to do with being a more dry, informational read on a tablet than the novel itself. I really struggle reading on tablets but my library only had the ebook 🙈

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HotMessJess
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Weekend reading, compliments of the office library 😍📚