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"Wonderful!" (Grace Paley)."Heartwarming and smart and wonderfully written" (Detroit Free Press)."Provides edifying advice, intimately given, like the best-selling Tuesdays with Morrie" (the Dallas Morning News)."Altogether original" (Dr. Laura Schlessinger)."This story will speak to the humanity of the reader" (Jewish Book World).The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness is that…
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1 author picked The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness is a story about a storyteller who loses his voice. What do writers want more than anything else? Yes, it’s to have an original voice that readers love.
So, the metaphorical image of losing one’s voice brings a great deal of fear to a writer, and it was the first reason this story piqued my interest. No voice equals no storytelling and if a storyteller can’t tell stories, then that’s a big problem.
This book makes the reader question the concept of happiness. If we can’t do what we love most, if…
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