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No matter what your interest -- history, dysfunctional families, science, medicine, journalism, and many others -- this book addresses it -- and reading it just might make you a better human being.
A heartbreaking work of staggering integrity -- the integrity of Deo, the young man whose story is told in this book; the integrity of the author, who tells the tale without intruding; the integrity of the decent people who help Deo survive and succeed.
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A heartbreaking work of staggering integrity -- the integrity of Deo, the young man whose story is told in this book; the integrity of the author, who tells the tale without intruding; the integrity of the decent people who help Deo survive and succeed.(14 of 26 readers found this comment helpful)