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“I wondered how the public's consumption of others' pain and suffering cross the line from empathy to voyeurism. How quickly have we, as a society, become numb to the struggles of others, our capacity for compassion eroded by the sheer volume of human drama we're exposed to daily? We were just characters in a soap opera now, except the drama was real, and the consequences permanent. Our grief had been reduced to a mere commodity, packaged and sold, consumed and discarded.”
― The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
― The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
“Sometimes, family isn’t just what you’re born into—it’s also what you build in the aftermath of loss.”
― The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
― The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
Bookish Club at UAA
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Bookish Club exists as a meeting place for all University of Alaska Anchorage students to partake in meaningful connections with other readers through ...more
Emi’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emi’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Children's, Classics, Comics, Crime, Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Philosophy, Poetry, Romance, Travel, and Young-adult
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