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We The Animals

We The Animals

Author(s): Justin Torres

Location(s): New York State

Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs

Era(s): Modern

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What it is to be a boy! Adventures each and every day, with endless rough and tumble in the cause of rebellion. Our mixed-race narrator is growing up in New York state with an abusive father, unpredictable mother and two aggressive elder brothers. His parents started their family much too young – Ma was 14, Paps 16 – and they are not coping well. Yet, while Paps’s violence is despicable, his musculature and vitality are mesmerising for his youngest son. (The Independent)

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