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The books I need are: Drown by Junot Diaz; As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner; Obasan by Joy Kogawa; Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir by Terry Galloway; The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

If the authors AGREED that the book is free, they post it on their website, or their publisher’s website. If it is not there, it is NOT LEGAL.

When someone scans a book and posts it online, it steals from the author. The thief can earn jail time and fines of $150,000.

Basically NONE of these authors agreed to give their books for free. So any online copy is theft. The thief can earn jail time and fines of up to $150,000.

Authors are being hurt by book piracy. Here is what one of them says about it.
"I don’t care if you are the nicest person on the planet, foster small kittens in your spare time, and read to the blind. You are still a thief. You are hurting my livelihood and the livelihoods of many of my friends."

Right at the end - "and Deidre whispers to walk faster" - is the place where it shifts back into present

I’m always fearful and fretting because I feel I’m doing something wrong in the eyes of God. I feel like I have not been saved because I still think and act like a sinner. I’m always scared and I don’t aways feel that joy because I feel I’m always doing something wrong and God disapproves of my ways. My faith is weak and I’m always doubting Him. What can I do about this?

Truthful answer? You act out of fear and from knowing right from wrong, not because you have true joy in holiness or doing what you know is right. Your heart rejoices in the rebellious pleasures, and that is what you love more. This hinders your closeness to God, and leads you to doubt and possibly falling away in the future. If you could learn to hate wickedness and embrace righteousness. Most Christians are in awe of the mysteries they find of God in His divine Word and nature. If you are missing that it is because you have made the pettiness of your own small life more important than the glory of His bigger world and plans.