Unstitched My Journey to Understand Opioid Addiction and How Format: Paperback

<b>What if society looked at addiction without judgement?</b><br>&nbsp;<br><b><i>Unstitched </i>shares the powerful story of one librarian&rsquo;s quest to understand the impact of addiction fed by stigma and inevitable secrecy.</b><br><br>The opioid epidemic has hit people in communities large and small and across all socio-economic classes. What should each of us know about it, and <i>do</i> about it?<br>&nbsp;<br><i>Unstitched</i> moves readers from feelings of helplessness and blame into empathy, ultimately helping friends, family, and community members separate the disease of addiction from the person underneath.<br><br>A stranger, rumored to be a heroin addict, repeatedly breaks into the small-town library Brett Ann Stanciu runs. After she tries to get law enforcement to take meaningful action against him&mdash;elementary school children and young parents with babies frequent the place after all&mdash;he dies by suicide. When she realizes how little she knows about opioid misuse, she sets out on a mission, seeking insight from others, such as people in recovery, treatment providers, the town police chief, and Vermont's US attorney.<br>&nbsp;<br>Stanciu&rsquo;s journey leads to compassionate generosity, renewed faith, and ultimately a measure of personal redemption as she realizes she has a role to play in helping the people of her community stitch themselves back together. <b></b>