I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and ta — Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

I was a late bloomer. I was still naïve about what 16 year olds today have known for years. I remember sitting up and taking notice—of the world, my body, others—in a way never before experienced. I noticed boys, or rather they noticed me, at 16.

— Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

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