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The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness by Joel ben Izzy

The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness

by Joel ben Izzy
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  • Nov 1, 2003, 228 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Sep 2005, 240 pages
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All around me I heard hospital sounds. Nurses chatting, machinery beeping, footsteps in the hallway. Every few moments I tried to talk. Nothing but air came out.

It was only as sunlight streamed through the window that I realized I was not dreaming. I was wide awake, but could no longer speak.

My horse was gone.

Excerpted from The Beggar King and The Secret of Happiness.  Copyright © 2003 by Joel Ben Izzy. Reprinted with the permission of Workman Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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