A daily journal of our lives (begun in October 2010), in photos (many taken by my wife, Evie) and words, mostly from our home on Chautauqua Lake, in Western New York, where my wife Evie and I live, after my having retired from teaching English for forty-five years in Hawaii, Turkey, and Ohio. We have three children, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandson, as you will notice if you follow my blog since we often travel to visit them. Photo from our porch taken on 11/03/2024 at 7:07 AM
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
CHERRY: NICO WALkER
Interestingly, much of this novel is set in a suburb of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, near my hometown. The novel is part autobiographical and written from prison where Walker was serving an 11-year term for bank robbery. He narrates his life as an affluent high school drug user, a much-decorated Iraqi War Vet, and finally, a victim of the opioid epidemic. It's not a pretty story but realistically illustrates the destructiveness of the opioid crisis. The film, based on Walker's novel, will be digitally released on March 12th on AppleTV+.
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