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Henry David Thoreau and the other American Transcendentalists taught me to see the macrocosm in the microcosm, the world in a grain of sand. Start earning points for buying books! Uplift Native American Stories. Add to Bookshelf.

Read An Excerpt. Jun 11, ISBN Add to Cart. Buy from Other Retailers:. May 25, ISBN Paperback —. About Geek Love National Book Award finalist Here is the unforgettable story of the Binewskis, a circus-geek family whose matriarch and patriarch have bred their own exhibit of human oddities with the help of amphetamine, arsenic, and radioisotopes.

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We are, despite being more widely educated, the first generation since the Great Depression to be worse off than those who came before us. I come from a long line of cocktail waitresses. Originally from Reno, Nevada, my mother, her sister, and their mother all wielded a drink-laden tray. My grandmother dealt blackjack until her mid '80s and while my aunt and my mom left the hospitality industry in their late '20s, the affinity for socially engaging, physically demanding, think-on-your-feet work runs through my veins the same way performance and a hint of the supernatural courses through the Binewskis.

Like most parents most of the good ones, anyways , mine wanted my life to be simpler, easier, and more comfortable than theirs. They wanted a life for me that didn't involve hour shifts and compression socks, or anxiety about how many tips I would get this week. You already recently rated this item. Your rating has been recorded.

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