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Review of ‘Speak of Me as I Am’

A story about processing grief takes a different turn when painful experiences bring two teens together in Sonia Belasco’s profound debut.

Summer deals a severe blow to Damon Lewis and Melanie Ellis. Damon loses Carlos, his best friend, to suicide, while Melanie loses her mother to cancer. Both live in the shadow of loss, keeping their…

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