![]() ![]() He explores the two worlds of his childhood: the barren urban landscape where his parents’ house was an anomalous bright spot, and the Eden-like school they sent him to in white suburbia. In essays by turns hysterical and heartfelt, Thomas reexamines what it means to be an “other” through the lens of his own life experience. Everywhere he went - whether it was his rich, mostly white, suburban high school, his conservative Black church, or his Ivy League college in a big city - he found himself on the outside looking in. Eric Thomas didn’t know he was different until the world told him so. Named One of the 10 Best Books of the Year by Teen Vogue and One of the Best Books of the Year by O: The Oprah Magazine is one of my favorite writers.” (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Entertainment Weekly ) “Pop culture-obsessed, Sedaris-level laugh-out-loud funny. Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Todayįrom the creator of Elle ’s “Eric Reads the News", a heartfelt and hilarious memoir-in-essays about growing up seeing the world differently, finding unexpected hope, and experiencing every awkward, extraordinary stumble along the way. ![]()
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