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Nonfiction book: methland by Nick Reding

Fiction is my choice when reading for pleasure. I read nonfiction when researching information for a story I am writing. Sometimes the research can only be satisfied with intensely scholarly books. More often, I just need an overview with some true life examples.

Methland is a book about the effect on a small town in Iowa when the drug Crystal Meth came to stay. It's a chilling and interesting account. The narrative includes the stories of several individuals whose lives were impacted by the arrival of meth in their town.

It's a very readable book, touching on both the individuals, the town, and the national politics that could have stopped it but didn't. Thankfully the politics part is high level and brief.

If you want to read an eye opener about what is happening in rural America, not just with drugs, but Big Pharma and Big Ag, this would be an interesting place to start.

All I can say is, watch out for lots of men riding bicycles.

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