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Jonathan Kozol

At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people tell me is a very painful book to read. Well, if it was painful to read, it was also painful to write. I had pains in my chest for two years while I was writing that book

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Jonathan Kozol is saying that writing his book Amazing Grace was emotionally difficult for him, not just for readers. He experienced physical chest pain over two years while working on it, showing how deeply the subject affected him.

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