Side Effects Are Minimal: A Novel

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When ambitious attorney Claire Hewitt is asked to represent the Satoris, one of Philadelphias most prominent families, in a lawsuit over the death of their daughter, she is thrust into an opioid nightmare with deadly impactand not for the first time. Claires guilt for not saving her sister, Molly, has not subsided in the twenty years since Mollys almost certainly opioid-related death. Now, with this new assignment, her guilt comes full circle. Who was really at fault in Mollys death And who is at fault now

What begins as a quest for truth becomes infinitely more complicated as Claire struggles to balance her desire for justice with the Satoris thirst for revenge. She knows she needs to expose the greed that transforms legal opioid production into illicit fabrications and the neglect that is the breaking point between physicians and their patients. But there are powerful people who will seemingly stop at nothing to prevent these truths from seeing the light of day, and she is sabotaged at every turn. Can she push past the obstacles in her way to build a winning case

Based on true events, Side Effects Are Minimal is about a corrupt pharmaceutical industry, the guilt of physicians prescribing the opioids that kill, and the pain experienced by families whove lost loved ones to an epidemic that has brought the United States to its knees.

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Laura Essay attended the University of Nebraska and obtained a law degree from Creighton University School of Law. When her three grown children moved on to post-college graduate programs in other cities, writing became her passion. Her knowledge of the opioid crisis stems from her penchant for research and innumerable hours spent searching for the truth about opioids in America. Side Effects Are Minimal is her debut novel. Laura has a passion for cooking, music, running, and travel. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with her husband and Australian Shepherd, Riley.