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Though Abdul had been as afraid of ghosts as most Annawadi boys, these reports did not disturb him. Being terrorized by living people seemed to have diminished his fear of the dead.
Katherine Boo Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
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Though Abdul had been as afraid of ghosts as most Annawadi boys, these reports did not disturb him. Being terrorized by living people seemed to have diminished his fear of the dead.
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

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