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Strong triggers in this book for racism, sexism, child prostitution, and women bought and sold and used as currency. If you‘re not triggered by these things, there are other sections of the book describing the landscape that are interesting, but I would not under any circumstances recommend this book. I got most of the way through it and bailed when he wrote about a girl who‘d worked as a prostitute since she was 9. This made me extremely angry.

#somethingforseptember #septphotochallenge #readingoutdoors a day late and not completely accurate, I was more working outdoors and enjoying the sun ☀️ but love this book and it's so portable for reading on the go. 👌

"When you bit into it, the smell was just like going into a stable at the precise moment the coachmen are removing their foot bindings;..."

Love that description! I'm out and about with this little book today as War & Peace far too heavy to carry.