
Forty Floors and a Bad Knee
This book argues that rescue is not sentimental refusal to accept loss; it is the disciplined act of making institutions account for every person they spend. Its tone is fierce but warm: pain, scarcity, and bureaucracy remain severe, yet meals shared
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