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    JAQUIRA DÍAZ

    Aug 14, 2019 2 minutes

    rdinary Girls (Algonquin Books, October), a debut memoir examining the author’s childhood as a runaway, juvenile delinquent, and high school dropout who finds love and family; a fierce, unflinching account of ordinary girls leading extraordinary lives. Agent: Michelle Brower. Editor: Kathy Pories. First lines: “We were the girls who strolled onto the blacktop on long summer days, dribbling past the boys on

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