A stranger, rumoured to be a heroin addict repeatedly breaks into the small-town library Brett Ann Stanciu runs. After she tries to get law enforcement to do something about it - the elementary school children and young parents with babies frequent the place after all - he commits suicide. When she realises how little she knows about opioid abuse, she sets out on a mission, seeking insight from others. Stanciu is determined to learn more about the nature of addiction and what each of us can do in our own communities to stem the opioid epidemic and stitch them back together.
About the book
A stranger, rumoured to be a heroin addict repeatedly breaks into the small-town library Brett Ann Stanciu runs. After she tries to get law enforcement to do something about it - the elementary school children and young parents with babies frequent the place after all - he commits suicide. When she realises how little she knows about opioid abuse, she sets out on a mission, seeking insight from others. Stanciu is determined to learn more about the nature of addiction and what each of us can do in our own communities to stem the opioid epidemic and stitch them back together.