MIYC Book Club Thursday, April 28th, 12:00 noon Our April book selection is Empire of Pain, by Patrick Radden Keith. A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin.
The history of the Sackler dynasty is rife with drama—baroque personal lives; bitter disputes over estates; fistfights in boardrooms; glittering art collections; Machiavellian courtroom maneuvers; and the calculated use of money to burnish reputations and crush the less powerful. The Sackler name has adorned the walls of many storied institutions—Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and the sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing a blockbuster painkiller that was the catalyst for the opioid crisis. Please join us for an informative and entertaining presentation by Kathleen Douglass and a book-themed luncheon creation by Chef Jono. Final 2022 MIYC Book Club Selection - May (20th) The Daughters of Yalta , by Catherine Grace Katz. Carol Comeaux, presenter. Please note – Due to the Memorial Day Holiday and prior speaker commitments, May Book Club will be on FRIDAY – May 20 th . Our Presentation and lunch/table discussions begin at noon, followed by dessert and group Wrap-up. Please feel free to invite your friends!
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