Pamela Brucker answers “Does it depict much violence?”

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Does it depict much violence?

Pamela Brucker I cannot read about violence or watch it in the news. However, I found the violence in this book to be tolerable because it is such an integral part o…moreI cannot read about violence or watch it in the news. However, I found the violence in this book to be tolerable because it is such an integral part of the story. As someone else stated, Whitehead does not dwell on the violence, but states it an moves on. The story is so moving that I was able to read those sections and move past it.(less)

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