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The Summer of Oprah: The Madonnas of Echo Park
Illustration by Brian McLachlan/Torontoist.
We all think we know what it’s like to be an outsider. I thought I did. I was a gangly, obnoxious, know-it-all teen with an ego and an Envirothon team captainship under my belt. (Two-time provincial champions. Top that.) But when I read The Madonnas of Echo Park, it became blindingly evident just how socially orchestrated my outsider-ness was. I was not cool, blonde, or popular. I was smart and liked people to know it. And that’s, uh, it.
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