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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Devastating, but entirely necessary.

June 10, 2014 by narfna Leave a Comment

Initially, I only gave this four stars because it was just such a difficult reading experience. And I don’t mean difficult as in skill level. I mean it in terms of emotional effort. I usually reserve my five star rating for those books that end with me fist-pumping in the air and running screeching around the room while my pores ooze out excitement and love, and this is not the sort of book that inspires that kind of reaction. I think this says a lot about […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: annawadi, award winners, behind the beautiful forevers, katherine boo, life death and hope in a mumbai undercity, mumbai, narrative non-fiction, Non-Fiction, pulitzer noms

narfna's CBR6 Review No:47 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: annawadi, award winners, behind the beautiful forevers, katherine boo, life death and hope in a mumbai undercity, mumbai, narrative non-fiction, Non-Fiction, pulitzer noms ·
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