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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is a memoir Colson Whitehead recommended in The Nickel Boys epilogue. Roger Dean Kiser had a very tumultuous upbringing which eventually landed him at the Florida Industrial School for Boys AKA Dozier School (the real-life “Nickel Academy”). You‘ll notice glimpses of Kiser‘s story in Whitehead‘s novel. Kiser describes his experiences there as a young white boy. I‘m not going to lie, this is brutal.
tw: extreme physical abuse, rape
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