A traumatized single mom and her two children face the challenges, from sublime to ridiculous, of itinerant life in Alaska.
Heroes of the Frontier: A Novel by David Eggers
Heroes of the Frontier by David Eggers
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A traumatized single mom and her two children face the challenges, from sublime to ridiculous, of itinerant life in Alaska.
Heroes of the Frontier: A Novel by David Eggers
Twenty-Word Book Reviews 
I just read *Empire of Pain*, a memoir on the legacy of the Sackler family who pioneered OxyContin and, with aggressive/dishonest marketing, helped to create the current abundance of opioid addictions. They operated in the shadows behind crafty lawyers. They didn’t/don’t accept responsibility for what has come of their work. To their way of thinking, a person who becomes addicted must have had a prelication for that behavior. It’s not the fault of the Sacklers. While there might be some truth in that, there is a whole lot missing, IMO.
If I were to write for this short book review of yours, mine would read. “So sad.” But I’m not on your illustrious staff, so I share just to save you time as you select titles.
My last conference is this weekend. Alan and I have talked and prayed and are comfortable taking these out of our schedule. Since Asheville he has had a scary (to me) medical episode, and last week we learned that he now has vertigo too. The poor guy can’t catch a break. He will see an ENT on April Fools Day (yikes) to see if there is any help from him on this new concern. Then at his next cardiologist appointment, we will go with what we’ve learned about this and ask whether the dizziness that has been attributed to blood pressure is truly that in addition to vertigo or maybe just the latter. He’s bigger than I am, so I can’t always catch him/get him safely to the floor when he loses balance, but I will have a better chance to help if I am with available to try.
This note qualifies as a book review and current events. Don’t get used to either. I’m still very important and busy as in the olden days.
Nancy
On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 2:30 PM Twenty-Word Book Reviews wrote:
> Bob Hostetler posted: ” A traumatized single mom and her two children face > the challenges, from sublime to ridiculous, of itinerant life in Alaska. > Heroes of the Frontier: A Novel by David Eggers ” >
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