NYT Notable Books 2021 - Nonfiction

 

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1. Empire of pain: the secret history of the Sackler dynasty

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Author:
Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
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Presents a portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, who built their fortune on the sale of Valium and later sponsored the creation and marketing of one of the most commonly prescribed and addictive painkillers of the opioid crisis.

2. Everything I have is yours: a marriage

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Henderson, Eleanor
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"A turbulent romance meets harrowing medical mystery: the true story of the author's twenty-year marriage defined by her husband's chronic illness-and a testament to the endurance of love. Eleanor met Aaron when she was just a teenager and he was working at a local record store-older, cool, experienced, and with an electric personality. Escaping the cliches of fleeting young love, their summer romance bloomed into a relationship that survived college...