Review: Long Bright River
I'm sure Long Bright River by Liz Moore, has been reviewed up and down the Internet by now, but I haven't read any of them and to be honest, didn't even read the inside flap before settling in and starting. I was so excited by the Book of the Month club blurb back in December and the fact that I'm across the river from Philadelphia, hear about Kensington and the opioid crisis on NPR weekly, at least, and that I was kind of in the mood for a long, slow build after tearing through a bunch of lighter fare of late, I didn't need much more push. It didn't disappoint. I consumed the book over a rainy weekend and into some late nights, which actually felt perfectly aligned with the plot and mood of the story. The book centers around Mickey, a Philadelphia police officer who works the Kensington neighborhood where opioid abuse and prostitution are rampant, and where her estranged sister, Kacey, is an addict and sex worker, living in "abandos" in disrepair
