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A former troubled teen, hoffmeister more about peter brown hoffmeister. Second, ive never argued much when ive encountered literary conservatives or wouldbe censors. Peter brown hoffmeister is the author of five books including the forthcoming too shattered for mending knopf, random house, 2017. As i read my book and he read his, i would sometimes glance at him and think about peter s father, his harsh expectations, his brute physical abuse and twisted good intentions. His books include too shattered for mending, this is the part where you laugh, the end of boys.