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This short book - almost a manifesto - brings up a lot of meaningful conversations that are often ignored. Adam Eli, a gay, Jewish cisgender man, highlights the point of starting to think about the idea of queerness as a global community. I look forward to reading the rest of the books in the Pocket Change Collective!

I‘m at 6hr 40 min for #AnyWayYouReadathon

MidnightBookGirl I will have to check the Pocket Change Collective books out! 3y

alisiakae @MidnightBookGirl I might listen to this one next while I work on a puzzle today, written by a climate change activist

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alisiakae Also works for #nonfiction2021 #aboutcommunity @Riveted_Reader_Melissa (edited) 3y

alisiakae #lgbtq2021 #nonfiction @Kenyazero (edited) 3y

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We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of the American Women Trapped on Bataan | Elizabeth Norman

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This book is everything I want in narrative nonfiction. The author tells it straight, goes deep into individual women‘s stories, and writes like a dream. Imagine singing up for a cushy post in the military—palm trees, golf courses, etc. Then you get bombed by the Japanese, live and work in the jungle, and... ⬇️

Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa, Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

BarbaraTheBibliophage ... later in underground tunnels. Then the Japanese march you and your gravely ill patients down a peninsula and put you in prison camp. Yeah, happy story. But the women who lived through this will make you laugh, cry, and cheer. Five stars. I‘d give it more, but that‘s unfair to all the other books out there. 4y

BarbaraBB Wow. Fab review. Stacked. 4y

Amandajoy Yay! I‘m so glad you liked it. I feel it may be time for a re-read. 4y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage @Amandajoy I actually want to get a copy in print and read it again. And I rarely feel that way about books! 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @BarbaraBB Hope you like it as much as I did—when you get to it! 4y

Librarybelle Excellent review and it makes me want to move this up my tbr list! 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Amandajoy I keep meaning to mention another book that you might like. About a Filipino woman who spied at this same time.

Leper Spy: The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Librarybelle Thanks — I vote for moving it up the TBR! 🤓 4y

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