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Youвђ™d Be Home Now By Kathleen Glasgow Link

You’d Be Home Now (2021) by Kathleen Glasgow is a poignant young adult novel that explores the devastating ripple effects of the opioid crisis on a family and their small town. A loose reimagining of Thornton Wilder's play Our Town , the story shifts focus from the person struggling with addiction to the "invisible" family members left in the wake.

: The "perfect" older sister, often away at college, whose success casts a long shadow over Emory. You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

: Portrays addiction not as a moral failing but as a disease that impacts entire communities and overburdens local resources. You’d Be Home Now (2021) by Kathleen Glasgow