{"product_id":"the-beggar-boy-ashok-kumar-9781966235132","title":"The Beggar Boy: Chasing Dreams During Turbulent Times: A Quest to Leave Poverty Behind","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Beggar Boy: Chasing Dreams During Turbulent Times: A Quest to Leave Poverty Behind is an adult nonfiction work blending memoir, mythology, and religious commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his perspective as a physician, Ashok Kumar, M.D., reflects on patient care in a small town with limited resources and on the human realities behind cardiac mortality, healthcare access, local treatment, service, poverty, and spiritual purpose. The book's central concern is not only how people survive illness and hardship, but why they wish to keep living: \"Good health is about the reasons one wishes to be alive.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against themes of poverty and India, The Beggar Boy considers medicine as a calling, service as a response to suffering, and spiritual inquiry as part of a life spent seeking meaning. It is positioned for readers of medical memoir, physician reflection, Indian life writing, and spiritually engaged nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashok Kumar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1966235135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966235132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omnibook Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Ashok Kumar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48801572946175,"sku":"9781966235132","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-beggar-boy-ashok-kumar-9781966235132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}