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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
Jan 04, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: poverty

A poor boy in Asia uses the vehicle of this book to share ways of getting rich amid his life story. It’s a hard story, a dark story, a sad story, but then you probably expected that. It’s also an easy story, a light story, a joyous story, and that might be more surprising. A life lived in the extremes of pleasure and pain, and that makes for a good book.

Mary Paul
Nov 06, 2016 rated it really liked it
Like life, this read is both brief and devastating.
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Dec 14, 2013 marked it as to-read
Devin
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Terri
Aug 14, 2017 marked it as around-the-world
Shelves: modern-fiction
Keeley
Oct 20, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: bookriot
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Jennifer
Aug 31, 2020 rated it it was ok
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