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The Lake of Bruised Hearts

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Reads 43
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Time 34m

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AT CAMP SAINT DOROTHY, ONE SUMMER CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING

A few things Manuel Monaldo knew: He was a scrawny autistic Italian-American gay 17-year-old with ADHD and a passion for fine pastry-making. And he's an outcast. A loser. A nobody. When he's sent by his parents to a (fake) conversation camp (that's actually a summer camp for queer youth), he thinks it might be his chance to finally... fit in. But this summer has something much different and much better in store for him.

TW: homophobia, physical abuse, verbal abuse, depression, self-deprecation, mention of self-harm, substance abuse, alcohol, weed, tobaccoAll Rights Reserved

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