Cynthia Erivo, patron saint of stan Twitter, is now a memoirist, with “Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much,” out today with Flatiron Books. The 208-page book traces her South London childhood and the path that led her through drama school, the West End and Broadway.

In her memoir, Erivo writes at length about her estrangement from her father, who disowned her when she was 16 after an argument in a London train station. She notes the irony that they share both a singing voice and the same gap in their front teeth. In a recent interview with NPR, she reveals that she’s reached a place of “acceptance” and “strange apathy,” adding that she isn’t seeking reconciliation and doesn’t dwell on repairing the relationship. “I don’t wish him harm,” she said, “but it’s no

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