
❝ With 'Finding Tess', Beth Macy takes the story of America’s drug epidemic in a personal direction for audio.
Months after I finished my book, I could not get the voice of Tess Henry out of my head. One of the main sources for my 2018 nonfiction narrative, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America, Tess was funny, whip smart, and truly tormented: She was a young woman struggling with a raging, five-year heroin addiction, and everywhere she turned for help, she was met with "closed doors, closed doors, closed doors," as her mother put it … [Audible.com]
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. |