 Join me and my co-hosts every Saturday at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Pacific for cartoons and movies at the 50th Street Studio Twitch Channel. See you there Welcome the book. I'm going to discuss this week is The Necessary Beggar by Susan Pollock. This is a science fiction story It's one of those rare science fiction books where the science fiction elements are not the core of The characters or the action. This is this book is about a family from another world who Are exiled by their society exile being the whole family is tossed into a portal In space who knows where they're gonna end up. Well, these particular people end up on earth an alternate future earth That's somewhat of a post-apocalyptic place and they end up being herded into a refugee camp in the desert and That is the crux of the story the refugee experience and wow is it heartbreaking Susan Pollock writes So well she gets you to a place where you understand these people you understand Their family you understand their society you understand their traditions that the phrase necessary beggar being one of those traditions and Wow is it good Not the usual kind of thing that I read but I loved it and I recommend it the necessary beggar by Susan Pollock That's it for this week. Thank you for watching Please become a sponsor follow the link on screen and in the description below You can pledge a small monthly amount or make a one-time donation every bit helps and please subscribe to this channel. Thank you