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BookishTrish
Someone Like Us | Dinaw Mengestu
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Pickpick

I felt like I kept searching for meaning while reading this book - where was the narrator and what time was it? Once I gave into the fact that the uncertainty was a deliberate part of the experience, I absolutely loved it.

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word.morsels
Sweetness in the Belly | Camilla Gibb
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Pickpick

Found this book in a free library in Mtl a day before embarkingon a roadtrip. Started it in the Alberta portion of our drive to Whitehorse, Yukon-bound. Right as we enter BC, after several impressive views at the summits of sweet hikes through the Rockies, the book ends with references to Alberta's Mountains. A book full of depth. So glad to have found it before leaving. Curious to read reviews, particularly from Ethiopian writers.

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JillR
Cutting for Stone: A Novel | Abraham Verghese
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Pickpick

Marion is born a conjoined twin in Addis Ababa. Family life gets off to a very rough start and from there we follow his life, to adulthood and onwards to New York. The joy of this book is the family love and complexities, against the background of troubled Ethiopia, its own complexities, and its medical world. In summary, I loved this when I first read it 10 years ago, and I then loved it again. Be warned, it will break your heart.

Kitta Loved this 7mo
TrishB A great read 👍🏻 7mo
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DebinHawaii
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#ItTakesAllKinds

This book is #WithEyes in title & the cover photo. I read it a couple of years ago for #FoodandLit #Ethiopia & still think about it.

Eggs Great cover 👏🏻👌🏼🙌🏻 8mo
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Blueberry
Cutting for Stone: A Novel | Abraham Verghese
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️📚 🌎 8mo
Eggs Perfect 🤩 8mo
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LittlePixels
Cutting for Stone: A Novel | Abraham Verghese
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#readingwithcats is one of the best things in life. 🥰 It just feels wrong now to read my #kindle without Kindle Kitty on my lap. He‘s my favorite reading accessory.

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GatheringBooks
How to Read the Air | Dinaw Mengestu
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#NewYearNewBooks Day 7: #FogCover as one reads the air. Looking forward to reading this as part of our reading theme at GatheringBooks this year: #ReadYourWayHome2024 and #DecolonizeBookshelf2024

Eggs Looks intriguing 👏🏻 10mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Cutting for Stone: A Novel | Abraham Verghese
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Debra!! Thank you so much for my birthday surprise!! I love the bookmark and the toffee smells delicious!! The book!! I can‘t wait to read it!! Thank you so much!! ❤️📚🎈🤗

#LitsyLove

AmyG Fabulous book! 12mo
Deblovestoread Glad it arrived! Enjoy! 12mo
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TheSpineView
Cutting for Stone: A Novel | Abraham Verghese
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#Movie2BookRecs @TheSpineView
Movie: Beau is Afraid

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Creme_de_la_them
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Pickpick

Book #17 of 2023: “The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears” by Dinaw Mengetsu

A beautiful, sometimes melancholy, sometimes sad, sometimes hopeful story about a young man forced to flee his home in Ethiopia to build a new life in Washington, DC.