Dark at the Roots: A Memoir

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Author: Sarah Thyre

Given the nickname ‘little liar’ by her father around the time she started talking, Sarah Thyre was the second of five children to be born into a southern family of Roman Catholics. Confused by this endearment, but eager to live up to it, she quickly managed to get herself into precarious situations…..Read More

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