What One Writer Gained With A Memoir About Weight Loss

What One Writer Gained With A Memoir About Weight Loss

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“Heavy” isn’t exactly the book Kiese Laymon set out to write. Originally, it was a book about weight. “I wanted to write a lie,” he writes on the very first page.

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