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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Cereus and the Rarest Thing

Cereus and the Rarest Thing

Gutierrez MD, Rh

Paperback

Travel GeneralJapanMartial Arts

ISBN10: 1505276772
ISBN13: 9781505276770
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 25 2015
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
A unique inspirational novel! At thirty-eight, Rafael compared himself to Sisyphus, pushing a rock up a hill only to start again the next day as he works as an adjunct professor. Suddenly, his father dies and he reaches his breaking point. Without a real home, he begins to feel his profession is a joke and he himself is disposable. He leaves San Diego for the tropical Island of Okinawa unsure if he will ever return. He wonders if he as committed career suicide and if he could find work if he does. To make it worse, in Okinawa, when he is alone, he begins to see images of his dead friends and relatives, has dream that forces him to face his past. Will the past of Okinawa, the site of one of the bloodiest battle of World War two, and the home of The Happy Immortals, heal him?

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