CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
It Begins Like This
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
An American Childhood
Becoming the Other
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX
Chapter XXX
Chapter XXXI
Desperate to Belong
Chapter XXXII
Chapter XXXIII
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter XXXV
Chapter XXXVI
Self-Loathing
Emerging
Declaring
Black Lives Matter
Onward
Also by Julie Lythcott-Haims
About the Author
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