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Girlchild

Author : Tupelo Hassman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 146680145X
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Girlchild written by Tupelo Hassman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rory Hendrix is the least likely of Girl Scouts. She hasn't got a troop or even a badge to call her own. But she's checked the Handbook out from the elementary school library so many times that her name fills all the lines on the card, and she pores over its surreal advice (Uniforms, disposing of outgrown; The Right Use of Your Body; Finding Your Way When Lost) for tips to get off the Calle: that is, the Calle de las Flores, the Reno trailer park where she lives with her mother, Jo, the sweet-faced, hard-luck bartender at the Truck Stop. Rory's been told that she is one of the "third-generation bastards surely on the road to whoredom." But she's determined to prove the county and her own family wrong. Brash, sassy, vulnerable, wise, and terrified, she struggles with her mother's habit of trusting the wrong men, and the mixed blessing of being too smart for her own good. From diary entries, social workers' reports, half-recalled memories, arrest records, family lore, Supreme Court opinions, and her grandmother's letters, Rory crafts a devastating collage that shows us her world even as she searches for the way out of it. Tupelo Hassman's Girlchild is a heart-stopping and original debut.

The Girl Child

Author : De. B. Dubois
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781521796566
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (965 download)

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Download or read book The Girl Child written by De. B. Dubois and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up as a strong-headed single child with a privileged upbringing in Calcutta, Devi has learnt much from her surroundings. Her childhood memories are filled with mixed emotions - especially as she remains angry with her mother and the hypocrisy of women in India.On an unexpected journey home, she encounters reality - new stories and experiences of strangers, as well as friends. It has been years since she left Calcutta, yet the city's untold stories haunt her. This time Devi is back in town to solve issues and above all, through some painful and hard revelations, to make peace with those she can.

gods with a little g

Author : Tupelo Hassman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374719543
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book gods with a little g written by Tupelo Hassman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Triumphant . . . as heartwarming as it is beautifully written." —Michael Schaub, NPR From the acclaimed author of Girlchild, this gritty, irreverent novel sees a young misfit grow into hope Unsinkable and wrecked by grief, motherless and aimless and looking for connection, Helen Dedleder is a girl with a gift she doesn't want to use and a pack of friends who are all just helping each other get by. So cut off from the rest of the world that even the internet is blocked (never mind traffic in and out), Rosary, California, is run by evangelicals but was named by Catholics. It’s a town on very formal relations with its neighbors, one that boasts an oil refinery as well as a fairly sizable population of teenagers. For Helen and her gang of misfits, the tire yard, sex, and beer help pass the days until they turn eighteen and leave town. Her best friends, Win and Rainbolene, late arrivals to Rosary, are particularly keen to depart—Rain because she’ll finally be able to get the hormones she needs to fully become herself. Watching over them is Aunt Bev, an outcast like the kids, who runs the barely tolerated Psychic Encounter Shoppe and tries to keep Helen connected to her own psychic talents—a gift passed down from her mother. Tensions are building, though, in every way. Threats against the Psychic Encounter Shoppe become serious actions. One of the kids gets in trouble, and then another. And Helen can see some things before they happen, but somehow can't see the most important things happening right in front of her. Tupelo Hassman's gods with a little g bursts and splinters with flawed, lovable characters whose haphazard investigations into each others's hearts will reshape your understanding of trust, how to build a family, and how to make a future you can see.

Following Breadcrumbs

Author : Jamie Johnston
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532029276
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Following Breadcrumbs written by Jamie Johnston and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an LA tween in the mid-1960s, Jamie Johnston—free-spirited, fiercely independent Hollywood brat and daughter of ’40s/’50s actor-singer Johnny Johnston (“Rock Around the Clock”)—had two significant events forever frozen in her mind. The first of these memories she would share with millions—the era-defining appearance of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964. The second memory, however, was much more intimate. It was a bright summer’s day in 1966 when she stood rapt, watching one of the undisputed kings of the Sunset Strip, the Byrds’ Gene Clark, coolly entering the legendary Whisky a Go Go. Little did Jamie know that a mere nine years after having her life changed by the Fab Four, her female duo, the Skiffles, would be signed to a record deal with Beatles producer, George Martin, or that twenty years hence, she would embark upon a passionate affair with the ill-fated ex-Byrd Clark, who died at the age of forty-six in 1991. What begins as an up-close-and-personal commentary of an era that changed the world, with many of its famous players traversing through the pages, evolves into a tragic love story. Praise for Following Breadcrumbs “Following Breadcrumbs is a tell-all rock-and-roll memoir with a conscience” (Tom Sandford, the Clarkophile Blog, Toronto, Canada).

Dear Girl Child

Author : Carol Nkambule
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780620691390
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book Dear Girl Child written by Carol Nkambule and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Girl Child is a thought provoking letter, reaching to the heart of girls, ladies, and women who are ready to take their position in society. The book talks to the issues that have held back girls from succeeding in whatever they do. It can be issues caused by self, friends, and culture which have defined and shaped girls in a negative way. It is the thought patterns, perceptions, reactions, expectations and just plain hindrances that Dear Girl Child talks to. It is time for you Girl Child to arise and succeed in your area of influence. It is time for you to break the shackles that have kept you from achieving your dreams in life. Learn to appreciate other girls who have made it, there are great lessons from successful people. God has not created females to be inferior, but He blessed both male and female. It is therefore the heart of God to see all His girls multiplying in business, in the boardrooms, in ministry and in society. As you read this book, identify the areas that you need to deal with, decide to change that area. Take a step forward and not look back. There is an innovation waiting for you to wake up and bring it to this world. There are people waiting for you to minister healing to their body, mind and soul, but you must be healed first. Dear Girl Child, opportunity awaits you, grab it and run with it. You can do it, you can succeed, you can forgive, you can bless others. You are a child of God, dear to His heart. To all the beloved daughters of the Most High God, read and stay blessed.

Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India

Author : Ruby Lal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139852019
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India written by Ruby Lal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-18 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging and eloquent history, Ruby Lal traces the becoming of nineteenth-century Indian women through a critique of narratives of linear transition from girlhood to womanhood. In the north Indian patriarchal environment, women's lives were dominated by the expectations of the male universal, articulated most clearly in household chores and domestic duties. The author argues that girls and women in the early nineteenth century experienced freedoms, eroticism, adventurousness and playfulness, even within restrictive circumstances. Although women in the colonial world of the later nineteenth century remained agential figures, their activities came to be constrained by more firmly entrenched domestic norms. Lal skillfully marks the subtle and complex alterations in the multifaceted female subject in a variety of nineteenth-century discourses, elaborated in four different sites - forest, school, household, and rooftops.

Her Story So Far

Author : Monica Das
Publisher : Penguin Global
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Her Story So Far written by Monica Das and published by Penguin Global. This book was released on 2003 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important collection showcases the most sensitive short fiction on the subject of the girl child by some of India's finest writers. The stories cut across social, economic and regional divides to reveal what life is like for a girl growing up in India. And they raise a crucial question: will our society ever rise above its innate hypocrisies and change the way it regards its women? To read these stories is to feel pain, bewilderment, outrage, compassion and a sudden surge of hope at finding love and tenderness where one least expects it.

Discrimination Against Girl Child

Author : Moly Kuruvilla
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9788121211321
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Discrimination Against Girl Child written by Moly Kuruvilla and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 2011 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With special reference to Kerala, India.

The Girl with the Louding Voice

Author : Abi Daré
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524746096
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book The Girl with the Louding Voice written by Abi Daré and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK! “Brave, fresh . . . unforgettable.”—The New York Times Book Review “A celebration of girls who dare to dream.”—Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers (Oprah’s Book Club pick) Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and recommended by The New York Times, Marie Claire, Vogue, Essence, PopSugar, Daily Mail, Electric Literature, Red, Stylist, Daily Kos, Library Journal, The Everygirl, and Read It Forward! The unforgettable, inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education so that she can find her “louding voice” and speak up for herself, The Girl with the Louding Voice is a simultaneously heartbreaking and triumphant tale about the power of fighting for your dreams. Despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her path, Adunni never loses sight of her goal of escaping the life of poverty she was born into so that she can build the future she chooses for herself – and help other girls like her do the same. Her spirited determination to find joy and hope in even the most difficult circumstances imaginable will “break your heart and then put it back together again” (Jenna Bush Hager on The Today Show) even as Adunni shows us how one courageous young girl can inspire us all to reach for our dreams…and maybe even change the world.

Women in India

Author : Nishant Anand (Advocate)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788177084191
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Women in India written by Nishant Anand (Advocate) and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advancement and empowerment of women has been a leading objective of state policy in India ever since the attainment of Independence in 1947. The principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles of State Policy. The Constitution not only grants equality to women, but also empowers the state to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women. Gender equality is a constituent of development as well as an instrument of development. No country can be deemed developed if half of its population is severely disadvantaged in terms of basic needs, livelihood options, access to knowledge and political voice. A natural corollary of ensuring gender equality is the elimination of gender discrimination. The problem of missing girl child pertains to unborn girl children in their mothers' wombs, who are deliberately disposed of (in contravention of the existing laws) before birth only because they are female. Their disposal before birth is extreme instance of gender discrimination, forbidden both by domestic and international laws and conventions. The burgeoning size of this missing group is now receiving attention as a factor crucial to the health of the social fabric and to the well-being of communities. 2011 Census data shows that the sex ratio for children below 6 years (i.e. number of girls for every 1,000 boys) dropped from 927 in 2001 to a dismal 914 in 2011. This decline is unabated since 1961 Census. This book provides deep insights into the problem of female foeticide in India. It explains and examines the reasons for its rapid growth, laws to safeguard the rights of women and the landmark judgments of courts in this context. Role of civil society and media has also been highlighted in improving the status of Indian women. [Subject: Women Studies, Asian Studies, Sociology, Gender Studies, Human Rights, Healthcare, Economic Development, Law]

Fostering Girl Child Education in Malawi

Author : Mzumara, Cecilia
Publisher : Luviri Press
ISBN 13 : 9996098141
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Fostering Girl Child Education in Malawi written by Mzumara, Cecilia and published by Luviri Press. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines the contribution of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (MIC Sisters) towards girl child education in Malawi with particular focus on the establishment, growth and development of Marymount Girls' Secondary School in Mzuzu., from 1963 to 2010. The appraisal by former students of Marymount, reveals the courage of the pioneering Sisters towards the empowerment of fellow women in places where they were sent to evangelize in spite of numerous challenges that they encountered in the process. The history of Marymount shows that education of the girl child provides a viable means to development and improvement of life at family, nation and world level.

The Girl Child in Crisis

Author : Azim Sherwani
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Girl Child in Crisis written by Azim Sherwani and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the problems faced by girl child in the Indian society.

Status of Girl Child and Women in India

Author : Niranjan Pant
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788170247081
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Status of Girl Child and Women in India written by Niranjan Pant and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With special reference to Uttar Pradesh.

The Book

Author : Eureka Daye
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999447031
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Book written by Eureka Daye and published by . This book was released on 2018-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a powerful book of poetry depicting experiences that take you to the pits of hell and through a spiritual transformation, from the perspective of a Girl-Child.

The Second Blind Son

Author : Amy Harmon
Publisher : 47North
ISBN 13 : 9781542029728
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book The Second Blind Son written by Amy Harmon and published by 47North. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lost girl and a blind boy discover their greatest strength is their bond with each other in a beguiling fantasy by the New York Times bestselling author of The First Girl Child. An insidious curse is weakening the Norse kingdom of Saylok, where no daughters have been born in years. Washing up on these plagued shores is Ghisla, an orphaned stowaway nursed back to health by Hod, a blind cave dweller. Named for a mysterious god, Hod is surrounded by prophecy. To Ghisla, he's a cherished new friend, but to Hod, the girl is much more. For when Ghisla sings, Hod can see. Unable to offer safe shelter, Hod urges Ghisla onward to become a daughter of the temple, where all the kingdom's girl children have been gathered. But because of a magical rune, the two cannot be separated, no matter the time or the distance. Now, subject to a ruthless king, Ghisla enters a desperate world of warring clan chieftains and catastrophic power struggles. Uncertain whom to trust, their bond strained by dangerous secrets and feuding loyalties, Ghisla and Hod must confront the prophecies that threaten Saylok while finding a way to save each other.

The Year of the Gadfly

Author : Jennifer Miller
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547569661
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book The Year of the Gadfly written by Jennifer Miller and published by HMH. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A darkly witty mystery set at a New England prep school: “Part Dead Poets Society. Part Heathers. Entirely addictive” (Glamour). “Do you know what it took for Socrates’ enemies to make him stop pursuing the truth?” “Hemlock.” The fiercely competitive Mariana Academy was founded with a serious honor code; its reputation has been unsullied for decades. But now, a long-dormant secret society called Prisom’s Party seems to have reemerged, threatening the school’s placid halls with vigilante justice, exposing students and teachers alike for even the most minor infraction. Iris Dupont, a budding journalist whose only confidant is the chain-smoking specter of Edward R. Murrow, feels sure she can break into the ranks of the Devil’s Advocate, the Party’s underground newspaper, and there uncover the source of its blackmail schemes and vilifying rumors. Some involve the school’s new science teacher, who also seems to be investigating the Party. Others point to an albino student who left school abruptly ten years before, never to return. And everything connects to a rare book called Marvelous Species. But the truth comes with its own dangers, and Iris is torn between her allegiances, her reporter’s instinct, and her own troubled past, in this “darkly comic romp” filled with double-crosses and deeply buried secrets (The Washington Post).

Cinderella Ate My Daughter

Author : Peggy Orenstein
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062041630
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Cinderella Ate My Daughter written by Peggy Orenstein and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peggy Orenstein, acclaimed author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestsellers Girls & Sex and Schoolgirls, offers a radical, timely wake-up call for parents, revealing the dark side of a pretty and pink culture confronting girls at every turn as they grow into adults. Sweet and sassy or predatory and hardened, sexualized girlhood influences our daughters from infancy onward, telling them that how a girl looks matters more than who she is. Somewhere between the exhilarating rise of Girl Power in the 1990s and today, the pursuit of physical perfection has been recast as the source of female empowerment. And commercialization has spread the message faster and farther, reaching girls at ever-younger ages. But how dangerous is pink and pretty, anyway? Being a princess is just make-believe; eventually they grow out of it . . . or do they? In search of answers, Peggy Orenstein visited Disneyland, trolled American Girl Place, and met parents of beauty-pageant preschoolers tricked out like Vegas showgirls. The stakes turn out to be higher than she ever imagined. From premature sexualization to the risk of depression to rising rates of narcissism, the potential negative impact of this new girlie-girl culture is undeniable—yet armed with awareness and recognition, parents can effectively counterbalance its influence in their daughters' lives.