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Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence – Joel Christian Gill’s Bruising Memoir is a Call for Empathy and Understanding

  • by Tom Murphy
  • July 24, 2020

Fights, Joel Christian Gill’s often bruising memoir, pretty much starts with his nightmarish earliest memory. The scared young Joel, dragged along by his mother after her release from prison, sees…

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