In 2010 journalist Brady lived for a year in the Northern California area known as the Emerald Triangle, located primarily in southern Humboldt County. She reports on a time of transition for its secretive and cash-based underground industry of marijuana production. Her nonfiction narrative chronicles the lives of four very different residents as the hidden economy and subculture of the region begins to adapt to the noticeable rise in public tolerance of cannabis use and the changes legalization could bring. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2013.