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Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies is a documentary styled book that digs deep into examination of those within the lower standings here in the United States. The author, Seth Holmes, gives the insight to not only the lives of the migrant workers, but also the life of a physician and social scientist [living life in their shoes]. Seth Holmes is a physician and anthropologist; therefore, his goal was to have a better understanding of all the political economic factors and social standing of these migrants. While also learning more about their culture. He uncovers the social injustices that are weaved into the daily lives of these agricultural workers when it comes to the physically demanding and strenuous labor. The outcome of this physical labor is

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