Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty | 
Starting next on audio.
pickAmazingly well researched, detailed about the Sackler family & their greed as the brought about the opioid crisis in the US. I, like many families in the US, have had a family member affected by the opioid crisis (they are clean now but still will always be at risk for subsequent addiction). It was just shocking & sickening to read how much they misled everyone. Then how they still feel no personal responsibility for the mess they created. It was
I am so disgusted knowing how horrible the Sackler family was/is. This statement is the most horrendous thing I have read though (this is true)….”in August 2015, over objections from critics, the company received FDA approval to market OxyContin to children as young as eleven.” Yup, you read that right, luckily they didn‘t follow through. That was because they were denied exclusivity rights. They considered it because of the billions to be made
Halfway through & it‘s mind boggling. My husband works in oncology research & drug development, finding new targets (he has his PhD in Genetics & Molecular Biology). So over the years I‘ve heard about the incredibly long & expensive process it takes to get a drug from development to FDA trials to approval (5-10 years & millions of dollars). It was shocking to read that OxyCodone was approved in 11 months, 14 days 🤬🤯😱
pickA phenomenal book about the history of the Sackler family and their creation of the Opium crisis in America.
pickAn expose on the secretive Sackler family and their decisive role in the opioid crisis.
Corruption ✨ Avarice ✨ Investigative
For fans of Succession
bailedI really wanted to get through this, but by hour eight of audio I just couldn't...too many people to keep track of, and too much corruption and greed to process at this particular moment in my life. Thanks for the rec, @amiable! It was worth a try, with some interesting nuggets in it.
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pickMy goodness! This book is amazing, well researched and written, kept me listening. A shocking true story of greed and a company that cared more about profits than people. The number of lives lost and communities forever changed as a direct result of their actions are innumerable and so heartbreaking. I‘ve never heard of a more purely evil family. #BookspinBingo #nonfiction #WinterReadathon @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This book was really eye-opening -it details the Sackler family and their almost singular role in the opioid crisis.Three generations of Sacklers managed to change the way we market & manufacture opioids and have continued that relentless marketing to this day, even in the face of thousands becoming addicted and dying from their product.Keefe is incredibly thorough and very talented.I am interested in reading more from him in the future.
pickIncredible book! Thank you @Megabooks because I think you originally brought this to my attention. I listened to the audio & PRK does a fantastic job. I enjoyed the focus on one family - it‘s a masterclass in digging through the data, conversations and emails to show who was really making the calls at Purdue and how & why this family evolved to become so obstinately blind to anything but their own narrative.
Look. I got my hair cut. The salon is just steps away from my local indie. I was OBLIGATED to go
BookReport: Liked all of my finished reads this week. I appreciate NA more with each reread although I never can stick to chap a day when I reach Chapter 28. Nature was a low pick.
Weekly Forecast: I picked Empire back up after setting it aside about 20% in. I kept thinking about it so it was obviously making some kind of impact. Still need to finish Ninth House by tomorrow and Saving Time is a visit with old friends.
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pick4 stars- This was a very interesting book! It was very well written and managed to keep a longer narrative non-fiction book engaging. I can rarely read as much of a non-fiction book in one day as I did this one, but it kept me interested. Also, I'm always hesitant when an author reads their own book, besides a memoir, but the author did a great job.
pick4 stars- This was a very interesting book! It was very well written and managed to keep a longer narrative non-fiction book engaging. I can rarely read as much of a non-fiction book in one day as I did this one, but it kept me interested. Also, I'm always hesitant when an author reads their own book, besides a memoir, but the author did a great job.
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3. Let the Record Show
4. Seeing Ghosts
5. Spectacle
6. New Jim Crow
7. The Tears of a Man Flow Inward
8. Wayward Lives
9. The Relatives
10. We Measure the Earth
11. When the Sahara was Green
12. Hope and other Dangerous Pursuits
13. Follow Those Zebras
14. The Boy
15. Carthage Must Be Destroyed
16. 100 Days
17. We Wish to Inform You
18. Moonless Starless Sky
19. American Spy
20. Storied city
pickAudiobook was so impressive that we bought a physical copy for my husband to read. Loved that it was read by the author. I hope more and more people read this book and learn precisely how evil the Sackler family is so their name will forever be a stain on humanity.
The first 40% of this audiobook focuses on the Sackler family, a who‘s who combined with who built what. I‘m already needing anger management classes! And now I‘m hitting the introduction of Oxycontin 🤬🤯🤮 so I‘m taking a break from this one for the rest of the day.
I listened to this earlier this year and realized I can use it for #pop22 ~ a book featuring a man-made disaster
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Catching up on my #PromptMaze and joyfully discovered I got out of Q3 super fast! I‘m still trucking around for Q2 but am so behind on logging my books that maybe I‘m actually out? Who knows?
Thank you, @TheAromaofBooks for doing this, it‘s such fun!!
pickSo this starts out and you think "okay, the Sacklers aren't all bad, they went about things the wrong way but they were trying to do good!" and then you read the next chapter and the next chapter and it just goes downhill and by the end, there's no justifying anything they did.
There's a quote in this book from a US congressman saying he wasn't aware if there was a family in America more evil than the Sacklers. I don't see how that can't be true.
Anyone else eagerly anticipating the 2022 longlist announcement for The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (Sept 22)? One of my favorite prizes to follow. Pictured is the longlist from last year and tagged was last year‘s winner. #BaillieGifford2022
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📘 Tagged, Everything I Never Told You, Educated (TBR)
✍️ Ed Yong, Erik Larson (TBR author) Emma Straub (TBR author)
🎥 Ex Machina, E.T. , Enemy, Edge of Tomorrow
📺 Everybody Hates Chris
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🎵 Easier to Run (Linkin Park), Eternal Blue (Spiritbox), Evil Angel (Breaking Benjamin)
Empire of Pain (tagged)
Elly Griffiths!! ( Ruth Galloway series)
Emily in Paris
Eurythmics
Early Morning Rain by Eva Cassidy
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pickOh this was fascinating and infuriating- the greed and determination in three generations of the family that spawned the opiate crisis. The Sacklers love putting their names on museum wings and buildings but refuse to own up to their culpability in the thousands of lives lost because of their shady dealings. Glad I finally got this one off of the TBR because it was terrific.
pickIt‘s a very engaging book about a family that were literally the biggest drug pushers in the history of the United States. It‘s amazing that we have so many people in prison that aren‘t remotely as responsible for the opioid problem and these people are billionaires living freely. It‘s really an indictment of the deeply corrupt system that we have. There‘s really no consequences for the bad behavior of the wealthy other than a bit of criticism.
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Incredible research, reporting about the Sacker family & their major, almost singular role in developing,manufacturing,& marketing of OxyContin to hospitals, medical centers, doctors & the general public as a non addicting pain medication.
I have read, learned from,& loved all his books but his recent, which I plan to read. I listened to this book which was read by him, & had a fascinating epilogue.🔽
Another important book on addiction. This one really pissed me off!
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This was an excellent look into the dynasty of the Sackler family and their culpability of creating such an addictive drug.
pickThis is definitely the best book about the Sacklers and the role they played in the opioid crisis. I didn‘t know much about the family and how they got to this point but it all started with Arthur and how he pumped Valium into the mainstream which basically paved the way for the opioid epidemic. It‘s unbelievable to me how this family thinks they can separate themselves from Oxyconton. I personally think they can rot in hell.
This book is beyond interesting. And I'm picky about nonfic.
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I don't read many "Business" books
????? - Love learning about the past!
In a shop, the cover but when I'm home it's a combo of title & blurb
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pickI love a well researched journalistic chunkster of a book and this one is fascinating! What a horrible, money obsessed family with no morals or ethics. The Stackler family, once a philanthropic family but always money hungry can be blamed for the opioid crisis of this century with their oxycontin painkiller and their ruthless attempt to make money off of it. 😡😞
pickThis is my first PRK book and I really enjoyed it! It delves into the dynasty of the Sackler family and the great lengths they went to lie and manipulate the public into thinking OxyContin was a safe drug when in reality, it never was or is. It angers me to no end that the elite can get away with stuff like this and not face consequences.
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6/8/22
1. 🤑💊👨⚖️😡😡😡😡😡
2. 🤷♂️ Can‘t think of one. I would say The Book Thief, but I don‘t think it needs a sequel.
3. 4 ⭐️
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pick📖5-28-22 || Expose | Greed | Family
This is an infuriating but unputdownable and propulsive read. A very thorough account of the family whose fortune is built on Valium and the making and marketing of OxyContin through shady and blatantly unethical practices.
I sure hope I finish this before it goes away in 1 day! I do have an hour drive one way tomorrow, so that should help 😅
1) Top 5: Empire of Pain, Hail Mary, Basic Black with Pearls, Moby Dick (I'm at the halfway point) & My Heart is a Chainsaw.
2) No. I always concentrate better with silence.
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pickNo one Sackler can be blamed for the opioid epidemic. Rather, there is something rotten at the core of the entire dynasty. Keefe convincingly illustrates how the family‘s approach to marrying aggressive advertising with medicine played out to the detriment of the world.
I felt like my reading slowed to a crawl this month, but I ended up finishing more books than I thought I would. Empire of Pain was a major standout and my favorite of the month, but all of these were picks.
Total: 5
Print: 1
Ebook: 1
Audio: 3
Fiction: 2
Nonfiction: 3
#lmpbc: 1
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