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Behind the Beautiful Forevers Book Review

Posted on May 8, 2012 by beckyajohnson

I’ve just finished reading Katherine Boo’s critically-acclaimed work of narrative non-fiction Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity. This book — about slum-dwelling, abject poverty, garbage collecting and death by self-immolation — is so hot … Continue reading →

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Eat, Pray, Love Virtual Book Discussion

Posted on January 29, 2011 by beckyajohnson

Eat, Pray, Love: One Women’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert. Published in 2006. Synopsis: In her mid-thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert finds herself recently divorced, severely depressed, and not getting what she wants out of life. A … Continue reading →

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