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Fee
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 Posted - 26 Dec 2011 : 7:58:25 PM
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by Jonathan Safran Foer
Anyone read this book? I got it for a Christmas pressie.
I like Joanna Lumley's review on the back:-
'If you eat meat and fish, you should read this book. Even if you don't, you should. It might bring the beginning of a change of heart about all living things'
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Pasch
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Posted - 26 Dec 2011 : 8:08:55 PM
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| No I didn't but i saw a movie a couple of days ago (not recent,from 2005)from his book"Everything is illuminated"directed by Liev Schreiber(Holliwood actor)it's about his search for his family roots in Ukraine,a touching,delicate movie |
Edited by - Pasch on 26 Dec 2011 9:01:45 PM |
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Fee
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Posted - 26 Dec 2011 : 8:19:06 PM
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Was just reading some Amazon reviews on it and I found this part of one review so very moving...
Eating Animals forced me to realize the terrifying component of being lied to by these factory farms and the megacorporations that support them. I used to pay extra for organic milk & cage free eggs because I believed in Horizon Farms. I thought I was making a better choice for the animals. Ultimately, the author woke me up from a deep, deep sleep. As he eloquently presents about turkeys, how can we celebrate 'thanks' and 'family' or whatever tradition you have on Thanksgiving while the main course never saw the sun, felt the earth, a breath of fresh air, had his beak seared off with a hot blade and no pain killers, lived on top of thousands of other turkey's and their excrement, thrown into trucks for transport hundreds of miles without food or water, and never had one true moment of 'love.' If having a better understanding of what love means to you, read this book.
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