LISTEN: Beth Macy discusses her latest bestseller on Fresh Air
Beth Macy's latest
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America has debuted at #5 on the New York Times Bestseller List. Listen to her discuss the book on NPR's
Fresh Air:
❝ There's no shortage of statistics about the depth of America's opioid epidemic — there were 72,000 overdose deaths just last year — but numbers don't tell the whole story. Beth Macy takes a ground-level look at the crisis in Dopesick, a new book focusing on central Appalachia. Macy has spent three decades reporting on the region, focusing on social and economic trends and how they affect ordinary people — she says this area is the birthplace of the modern opioid epidemic. [NPR.org]
| BETH MACY is a journalist & author several books, including the acclaimed bestseller Factory Man. Watch her discuss "Thinking Global, Writing Local" below, and learn more about booking Beth for your next event today. |
