Berthoud Community Library District

A tale of four people trapped by their addictions, the basis for the acclaimed Darren Aronofsky film, by the author of Last Exit to Brooklyn.
Sara Goldfarb is devastated by the death of her husband. She spends her days watching game shows and obsessing over appearing on television as a contestant—and her prescription diet pills only accelerate her mania. Her son, Harry, is living in the streets with his friend Tyrone and...

"Jesus' Son meets Reservoir Dogs in a breakneck-paced debut novel about love, war, bank robberies, and heroin. Cleveland, 2003. A young man is just a college freshman when he meets Emily. They share a passion for Edward Albee and ecstasy and fall hard and fast in love. But soon Emily has to move home to Elba, New York, and he flunks out of school and joins the army. Desperate to keep their relationship alive, they marry before he ships out to Iraq....

Investigating an abandoned amusement park where several dead bodies have been found, former private investigator Joe Kurtz and his parole officer find themselves targeted by numerous adversaries.

For four years, reporter Leon Dash followed the lives of Rosa Lee Cunningham, her eight children, and five of her grandchildren, in an effort to capture the stark reality of lif in the growing black underclass.

Desde hace un tiempo, Gustavo no aparece por el instituto, se encierra en su habitacin̤ y mantiene una actitud hostil. Sl̤o cuando su madre, una mujer de vida aparentemente tranquila, asuma la cruda realidad y la profunda crisis que atraviesa su familia podr r̀eunir fuerzas para luchar e intentar evitar el desastre. For a long time, Gustavo hasn't been in school. He has shut himself in his room and maintains a hostile attitude. Only when his mother,...

Discusses the correlation between drugs and crime and how the pressures experienced by drug abusers can lead to criminal acts.