Last night I finished What is the What by Dave Eggers. It’s a long book. And very intense in many parts. It tells the story of Achak, a young boy who ran, and then walked, for his life in Sudan. It’s almost a modern day story of Job. Of suffering, of loss, despair…and yet, Achak continues on. But he doesn’t just continue, he continues well. He lives life, he keeps trying, he doesn’t give up, and he never counts himself a victim. I know I haven’t digested it all. It will definitely be one of those books that keeps me thinking, and continues to inspire me. But with all that is going on in Sudan right now, it was helpful to get a small glimpse of what life was and still is for so many people there.

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