When hunger yearns

This is going to be my fourth book. It is called "When hunger yearns". This is me asking lots of questions. The first chapter of the book talks about why I am writing this book. The book title is an acronym for WHY. Below are the chapters as I write them. Here is a link to a digital copy of the book and as I write the chapters I will share them on my blog and link them below.

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