Finding Tess

A Mother’s Search for Answers in a Dopesick America

De: Beth Macy

Narrado por: Beth Macy

On Christmas Eve, 2017, Tess Henry was found dead in a dumpster in Las Vegas. Tess was a 28-year-old new mother, a former honor roll student, and a high school basketball player from suburban Roanoke, Virginia, a place ravaged by the national opioid crisis. The New York Times best-selling author Beth Macy chronicled Tess and her mom, Patricia, through Tess' harrowing, years-long battle to recover from heroin addiction in her award-winning book Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America. But just as Tess was on the brink of returning to a normal life with her young son, she was brutally murdered.

Finding Tess: A Mother’s Search for Answers in a Dopesick America is a psychosocial autopsy of sorts, not just a retracing of Tess’ final steps on the streets of Las Vegas but also a dissection of what went wrong during the six-year span of her opioid addiction as well as the changes inspired by her story. This exclusive audio documentary - a coda to Dopesick - features interviews with Tess, her family, and many of those who tried to help her along the way as well as the systems and the people who failed her. By tracing Tess’ final steps as she tried so hard to make her way back to Virginia - and to her son - Finding Tess illuminates a journey shared by too many of the 2.6 million Americans battling opioid addiction, offering lessons from a cast of unlikely heroes and, along with them, hope.

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Informative and Heattbreaking

I fell in love with Tess and her journey. Her story resonates as my own mother struggled with addiction before ultimately passing from the disorder

More than a story, it's a lesson.

For those of us with loved ones suffering from opioid addiction this is a must read. This book teaches a valuable lesson.

Sad Truth

This story hit home, having family members with addiction and also having known many who have died due to addiction.... It is very heartbreaking. I'm glad I listen to this And I hope others will listen to it. This will help in dealing with loved ones with addiction.

Heartbreaking

I would recommended this to anyone & everyone. Addiction is everywhere & there are to many that stay blind to it but know it’s there! Poor Tess & her Family! This book was heartbreaking & told so beautifully! Beth Macy did an amazing job writing this book. Once I started I couldn’t stop! So here I am on the lawnmower crying over this story! Such a Beautiful women lost to soon!

Finding Tess

This book is a heart wrenching story about a young lady who represents an ongoing epidemic of people who get addicted to opiates. The struggle is real. I have several friends who have battled opiate addiction and are now working in recovery helping others.

This story breaks the stigma of who can become addicted. All people. All walks of life. It’s good to see her legacy continues as change have been made in the medical because of her story. Thank you for sharing.

Must Listen for Every Parent

This is very reminiscent of a podcast in it's storytelling. It feels very much like you are right there with them. I couldn't stop listening. The audio quality and narrator are great. If you're particular about your narrators (I am), you're safe with this.
It's such a timely and compelling story. Beth Macy truly humanizes the opioid crisis. I think it's so important for parents to realize how accessible these drugs are and how quickly it can lead down the path to heroin. I will be sharing this with my teenager. The story of Tess and her family will stay with me for a very long time.

You had to have been there...

While I understand the frustrations many readers felt with this book, those who have been there understand. We lost my nephew about 7 years ago to a drug overdose, my sister's only son. Like Tess, he was smart and fun and grew up with parents who have him every advantage and relatives who loved him. When a family goes through this kind of heartache, their emotions vascilate by the hour, sometimes the minute. I don't understand the pull of drugs myself but I have an honest respect for it, how could I not? This is an excellent book and it points out intelligently how one cure does not fit all. That is the conundrum that we face. Well worth the listen.

A Must-Read

This moving story is so powerful and poignant. Although I may not agree with everything I heard reported here, my heart cannot help but cry out for the injustice of our collective loss. This is a must-read for high school students and parents and educators.

Must read

this is a must read. it has given me so much to think about and has opened my eyes to the way we treat the addicted here in America. I am a nurse and this book honestly makes me look at addicted individuals with new eyes and a more sympathetic heart.

God bless Tess

I'm glad that someone is speaking openly about this problem, its becoming more and more tragic by the day. After recently losing my sons best friend to a fentanyl overdose, I'm finding myself craving information so I can help anyone avoid the pain of loss due to fentanyl laced opioids. thank you to the writer and Tess's mom for sharing her story.