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Name: Take this man
Author: Brando Skyhorse

Brando Skyhorse tells the true story of his childhood as Brando Kelly Ulloa, abandoned at age three by his Mexican father and raised by a mother who claimed they were American Indians. Living in Echo Park with a grandmother and a rotating cast of stepfathers, Skyhorse chronicles his search for truth and belonging. Over thirty years later, a surprise online discovery leads him to his biological father, culminating in a powerful exploration of family, identity, and the bonds between fathers and sons.

First publish date: 2014

Genre: Memoir/Family Memoir

Authors: Brando Skyhorse

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