The Scars Within
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True events and traumatic experiences based on childhood, told in short stories about a young Black Native American woman from Michigan, known as the author and narrator of this story.
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#1-Autobiography
#2- Graphic Content
#5-Nonfiction
#5- Memoir
#6-True Story
#9-Scarred
#38-Tearjerker
#76-Narrative
#105-Sexual assault
#141- Strength
#157-Adult content
#166-African American
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