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This was a beautifully written story of faith and family. The story opens with eldest sister Hadia's wedding, and miraculously the "lost sheep," younger brother Amar, has agreed to come. What follows are vignettes of life leading up to this point (an
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Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.”
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― How Reading Changed My Life
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