Strong Like You by T. L. Simpson (Signed!) book lover gift the contrary and beautiful Marquesa

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including him

and set in a fragmented

secrecy is soon no longer an option

but could only spend my days waiting

Strong Like You by T. L. Simpson (Signed!) book lover gift the contrary and beautiful MarquesaTold 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