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America's Boy A Memoir Author: In the tradition of such quirky and smart coming-of-age memoirs as Augusten Burroughs’s Running with Scissors and Haven Kimmel’s A Girl Named Zippy, America’s Boy is an arresting and funny tale of growing up different in America’s heartland. — Wade didn’t quite fit in. While schoolmates had crewcuts... more »
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This is probably one of the best memoirs I've read in a long time. The author describes what he went through growing up as an overweight, gay boy in small-town America during the 60's & 70's. Even after moving away and losing all the weight, he still struggled with who he was and how others perceived him. A very honest and heartfelt story.
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- Biographies & Memoirs >> General
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Memoirs
- Gay & Lesbian >> Biographies & Memoirs >> General