Gordie, the white boy genius, gave me this book by a Russian dude name…

Sherman Alexie
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Gordie, the white boy genius, gave me this book by a Russian dude named Tolstoy, who wrote, 'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.' Well, I hate to argue with a Russian genius, but Tolstoy didn't know Indians, and he didn't know that all Indian families are unhappy for the same exact reasons: the frikkin' booze. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes. www.imdb.com.
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