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Actor and comedian Roy Wood Jr's new book The Man of Many Fathers is an ode to his mother and the community of men and women who taught him lessons that he's passing on to his own son

In an exclusive excerpt from the book, he reflects on why serving at Golden Corral was so formative for him

"That day was the first day I ever truly felt that forgiveness was possible," he writes

I’ve had a lot of jobs in my life, but serving at Golden Corral was the most important job I ever had.

I started working there in 1998, about a month after my Thanksgiving week arrest. I figured Golden Corral would just be a quick cash grab to pay rent and keep my life afloat while I traveled around doing open-mic comedy in the South. It ended up being much more.

From the start, I loved the r

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