Strong Like You by T. L. Simpson (Signed!) book lover gift " -- Associated Press

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but could only spend my days waiting

the contrary and beautiful Marquesa of Misfortune

and set in a fragmented

secrecy is soon no longer an option

Strong Like You by T. L. Simpson (Signed!) book lover gift " -- Associated PressTold through Walkers heartbreaking journal entries, writing assignments, and poetry written to his father, this debut YA contemporary tackles toxic masculinity head on, exploring what happens when a sweet hearted, sensitive boy isn't nourished but is instead told those feelings aren't valid for a man to have. An impoverished fifteen year old linebacker grapples with ideas about strength and masculinity after the dope dealing father he idolized goes