For Liz Moore, author of the extraordinary new crime novel, “Long Bright River,” it’s the opioid epidemic that ravages the once cohesive world of Kensington, a historically working-class neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia. A world gone wrong, indeed. ADADThe detective who must navigate this nightmare cityscape is Mickey Fitzpatrick, a 30-something patrol officer in the Philadelphia Police Department. Becoming a police officer and aspiring for a better education for her son has cut off Mickey from Kacey and her extended family. Maureen Corrigan, who teaches literature at Georgetown University, is the book critic for NPR’s “Fresh Air.”At 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Liz Moore will be at the East City Bookshop, 645 Pennsylvania Ave.

Source: Washington Post January 03, 2020 21:20 UTC