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Why I Wrote Saving Porterville

I wrote this book because opioids and Fentanyl addiction kills our friends and loved ones and needlessly ruins lives.

I live in south Florida but have family members who reside in a small town and its environs in Ohio. After many family reports of deaths, i.e. young men being found dead at stoplights behind the wheels of their cars and under other conditions, I pondered what one person could do. F Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 17, 2025 08:08 • Tags: art, crime, drug-crisis, healing, small-towns

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Marie Pinschmidt liked Jacob Cavanaugh's review of Saving Porterville: Sequel to Decent Deceit: "Saving Porterville isn’t a thriller or a romance, it’s a study in human nature. What happens when good people face impossible choices? The book explores that question through every character. Tanner’s sense of duty, Francine’s grief, Drake’s belief i" Read more of this review »
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Marie Pinschmidt liked Sean Granger's review of Saving Porterville: Sequel to Decent Deceit: "As someone who spends weekends wandering through galleries, I didn’t expect to find so much art in a crime story. But Saving Porterville surprised me. Drake’s art gallery isn’t just a business; it’s a metaphor for healing, creation, and seeing beauty" Read more of this review »
Oct 17, 2025 09:23AM · see review
Marie Pinschmidt liked Claire Griswold's review of Saving Porterville: Sequel to Decent Deceit: "Having spent 40 years teaching, I have a soft spot for books that mix moral struggle with compassion. Saving Porterville touched me deeply because it shows how even a small community isn’t safe from modern demons — drugs, loss, and despair. Yet Marie" Read more of this review »
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Marie Pinschmidt liked Charles Haverford's review of Saving Porterville: Sequel to Decent Deceit: "I grew up in a town that could’ve been Porterville — quiet streets, gossip that travels faster than wind, and a sense that everyone’s business is everyone’s concern. Reading Saving Porterville felt like watching my hometown come alive again, only wit" Read more of this review »
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“Don't regret what might have been. Accept what is and rejoice in what is yet to be.”
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“Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.”
― MaryAnn Koopmann

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