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julesG
The Salt Path | Raynor Winn
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Interesting article in today's The Observer

https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-real-salt-path-how-the-couple-b...

I haven't read the book. I'm just here sharing the link.

Leniverse I almost want to un-know this information 🙈🙉 but at the same time it's so wild it becomes fascinating 5d
Tamra Yikes, that is terrible! I hope they are guilted & shamed into making it right. Then she can write another book to recoup the 💰and no doubt she would too. (edited) 5d
julesG @Leniverse I forwarded the link to another friend who's working at a bookshop. She's contemplating moving it to the Fiction section. 5d
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kspenmoll Maybe I should throw this unread book in my #TBR in the trash. (edited) 5d
Bookwomble I haven't read the book (and won't), but thank you for linking to the article. The journalist has done a short YT report which includes footage of one of the victims of Winn's embezzlement taking about the impact of her crimes, which is very moving: https://youtu.be/UY2ivdm9obY?si=VVHeC3xG3-ialRWX 5d
squirrelbrain I saw this headline but haven‘t read the full article yet….very intriguing! 5d
Bookwormjillk This is wild. Surprised someone didn‘t do a background check before filming at least. 5d
rockpools I‘m with @Leniverse on this one. Can I not know, please? I really loved this book when I read it, so I‘m quite sad. I guess it opens the door for someone else to write the great South West Coast Path memoir…. 5d
quietlycuriouskate Wtf? 🤬 5d
CoffeeK8 I read this book with my bookclub and really found it off putting, maybe some of this is why 4d
RosePressedPages I‘d never heard of this book before but wow that is terrible and fascinating 4d
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JuliaTheBookNerd
Made in the U.S.A. | Billie Letts
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#MadeInUS 🇺🇸

#JulyJazz 🐚🌺☀️🌴🌊🫧 🍉🇺🇸🎆

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent ❤️🤍💙 1w
Eggs Perfect 💙🇺🇸❤️ 1w
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Honeybeebooks
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Pickpick

I learned of this book from a podcast. The guest was reminding listeners how individuals and churches are called to help the poor and the marginalized and how having secure housing can help stabilize the issues that contribute to homelessness. I was compelled to track down his book. For me his work is a five ⭐️ pick. It is teaching me how a change in perspective and a willingness to do small and big things may make a difference.

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Honeybeebooks
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“It is past time for us to get into some holy trouble on behalf of the unhoused.” pg 179 ❤️

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Honeybeebooks
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“Above all else, homelessness, dehumanizes. It isolates, it discards, and it amplifies fear and anxiety. In your daily interactions with people experiencing homelessness, their homelessness is not truly at stake. Their humanity though is.”

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BkClubCare
Blue Ruin: A novel | Hari Kunzru
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Celebrating Indie Bookstore Day: purchased Blue Ruin for this year‘s Tournament of Favorites and they gave me the Supersonic. Posing in front of a pretty mural across the street from my next stop (which isn‘t open yet! 🤨) #ibd #indiebookstoreday

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TheBookgeekFrau
The Double Bind | Chris Bohjalian
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Eggs Brilliant 👏🏻 3mo
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BaBaBaBillyAndTheBooks
Blue Ruin: A novel | Hari Kunzru
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Mehso-so

Part of why everyone here annoys me, I think, is no one appears to have real responsibilities, even as COVID hits. Rob and Alice have a daughter they ignore, Jay‘s life has mostly been wading through an art scene while being high, and the art anyone does finally do feels pretentious and light. They have disappeared into their art, a major theme. People return when they connect with others, and mostly everyone here is too selfish to do that.

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Rachiiebookdragon
No Fixed Address | Susin Nielsen
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Pickpick

I enjoyed reading this book to Henry

4.5/5

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Graciouswarriorprincess
I Know How to Draw an Owl | Hilary Horder Hippely
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This is a sweet book. It made me tear up and filled my heart with joy. Book 20 of the year.