Seven Books That Earn Your Tears
Getting a cheap rise out of readers is easy. Faithfully representing life on the page takes more skill.
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Getting a cheap rise out of readers is easy. Faithfully representing life on the page takes more skill.
The following six titles are correctives to isolation.
Literature, rife with tales of ambition or slackerdom, can be well-equipped to answer questions about the costs and benefits of striving.