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Heavy: An American Memoir

memoir by Laymon

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    …fiercely honest Carnegie Medal-winning book Heavy: An American Memoir (2018). Heavy is written in the form of a letter to Laymon’s mother, with whom he had a turbulent relationship. The book also documents his struggles with eating disorders and gambling addiction and his traumas caused by racism and sexual violence.…

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