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Week 9- November 13th : Book that makes you sick
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Justine
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Nov 06, 2011 05:55PM
I suppose the stark, tragic realities shared in this book make me sick in a figurative way. One of the reasons, though, I think this book is worth reading is that the authors do share hope for a better world.
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The scenes in this book that describe the foot binding process are pretty gnarly. I had no idea that the pain and suffering those women endured lasted for the rest of their lives- not just during the initial binding. 
Michael Russom
They Called Themselves The K.K.K
A Child Called "It"I cannot imagine the amount of abuse this poor boy suffered. Some of it made me physically ill.
Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty
Eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove is raped by her father and becomes pregnant with his child.
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