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  • Read an Excerpt from David Goudreault's Raw, Powerful, Darkly Funny Mama's Boy
    Read an Excerpt from David Goudreault's Raw, Powerful, Darkly Funny Mama's Boy
    June 26, 2018

    Read an Excerpt from David Goudreault's Raw, Powerful, Darkly Funny Mama's Boy

    Content warning: suicide, self-harmIn its original French edition, Mama's Boy (Book*hug) by David Goudreault (translated by JC Sutcliffe) was a smash hit - a bestseller, winner of the 2016 Grand Prix ...

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