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Home Girl
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Author : Alex Wheatle
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-04-04
Home Girl written by Alex Wheatle and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-04 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
'Alex Wheatle is the real deal; he writes with heart and authenticity, books that make you laugh and worry and cry and hold your breath. It's a pity there's only one of him' Kit de Waal 'I love Alex and all he stands for in the world of literature' Kerry Hudson 'Alex Wheatle is an inspirer. He is a vital writer. He is a prince among men. Long may he reign' Lemn Sissay 'An author with great talent and great heart' David Almond 'A major voice in British children's literature' S F Said 'Alex is a one of our foremost literary activists, giving voice to the black working class experience with unsurpassed clarity and compassion. For this alone he should be universally considered a national treasure' Stephen Kelman 'A writer who knows unseen places, unheard people and untold stories because he has lived a life that might have remained hidden if he hadn't found within him the urge and talent to write' Yasmin Alibhai-Brown 'This isn't my home. Haven't had a proper home since...This is just somewhere I'll be resting my bones for a week and maybe a bit. This time next year you'll forget who I am. I haven't got a diddly where I'll be by then. But I'm used to it' New from the winner of the Guardian Children's Book Award: Home Girl is the story of Naomi, a teenage girl growing up fast in the care system. It is a wholly modern story which sheds a much needed light on what can be an unsettling life - and the consequences that can follow when children are treated like pawns on a family chessboard. Home Girl is fast-paced and funny, tender, tragic and full of courage - just like Naomi. It is award-winning author Alex Wheatle's most moving and personal novel to date.
Not Your Ordinary Group Home Girl
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Author : C. C. C.
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-01-17
Not Your Ordinary Group Home Girl written by C. C. C. and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
As the years had gone by I had started to reflect on my life and how far I had come from foster care to being in group home after group home my entire life; to this point in my life and felt it was best to leave those who meant me no good in the past. However, sometimes the past just doesnt want to let you go. I went through so much growing up and even in my adult life. I actually spent the majority of my life in group homes from the ages of 12 to 22. So I feel that a lot of my growing has come from being raised by staff members, group home supervisors, neighborhood people, and the group home girls I lived with. It was a struggle but being in those group homes made me who I am today and I cant complain due to how I turned out. So I figured Id write my thoughts, my vision, my struggles, my trials and tribulations down on a piece of paper and share my life with the world as being not Your Ordinary Group Home Girl.
Drita My Homegirl
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Author : Jenny Lombard
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2008-05-15
Drita My Homegirl written by Jenny Lombard and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-15 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything behind and the friendships that help you get through it. Fleeing war-torn Kosovo, ten-year-old Drita and her family move to America with the dream of living a typical American life. But with this hope comes the struggle to adapt and fit in. How can Drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesn't speak any English? Meanwhile, Maxie and her group of fourth-grade friends are popular in their class, and make an effort to ignore Drita. So when their teacher puts Maxie and Drita together for a class project, things get off to a rocky start. But sometimes, when you least expect it, friendship can bloom and overcome even a vast cultural divide.
A Girl To Come Home To
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Author : Grace Livingston Hill
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2005-09
A Girl To Come Home To written by Grace Livingston Hill and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09 with Fiction categories.
A romance classic is back. When Rodney finds himself caught up in an espionage plot, he bravely fights against desperate odds. Then he meets a young girl whose faith touches him deeply and discovers a strength to overcome and the joy to be found in honest faith and real love.
Six Girls
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Author : Fannie Belle Irving
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
Six Girls written by Fannie Belle Irving and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with categories.
Home Girl
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Author : Alex Wheatle
language : de
Publisher: Verlag Antje Kunstmann
Release Date : 2020-03-18
Home Girl written by Alex Wheatle and has been published by Verlag Antje Kunstmann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-18 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
»Home Girl« ist so rasant und lustig, zärtlich, tragisch und voller Courage wie seine Heldin. Naomi ist erst 14, hat aber schon mehr Enttäuschungen und Stress erlebt als die meisten Erwachsenen je erleben werden. Ihr Vater säuft, ihre Mutter hat sich umgebracht. Jetzt kommt sie schon wieder in eine neue Pflegefamilie. Die Goldings. Haben schon zwei Pflegekinder, ist doch immer dasselbe. Doch diesmal kommt alles anders: Colleen und Tony Golding sind schwarz und eigentlich ziemlich cool für Pflegeeltern. Sharyna und Pablo, ihre neuen Geschwister, sind sogar mehr als okay. Nur mit Kim und Nats, ihren Freundinnen, läuft es irgendwie nicht mehr ganz so gut, und langsam muss sich Naomi die Frage stellen, ob sie ihnen noch vertrauen kann. »Home Girl« erzählt von einer Jugend im Fürsorgesystem, von tiefen Verletzungen und enttäuschten Hoffnungen, von gerechter Wut und schlechten Entscheidungen, von Rassismus und verfehlter Politik, von falschen Freunden und davon, wie Fremde zu Familie werden und, trotz allem, nach Heim über Heim, ein Zuhause entstehen könnte.
Homegirl Ain T Gonna Make It
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Author : Eric Reese
language : en
Publisher: Eric Reese
Release Date : 2019-07-18
Homegirl Ain T Gonna Make It written by Eric Reese and has been published by Eric Reese this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-18 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Gabrielle is back but girl trouble still seems to find her... Fresh off her ordeal in Boston, Gabbie finds her parents are now divorced and sister, Khadi growing into her own. Maleek, Ummi's co-worker is trying hard to be in with her mother, quickly adding to this urban nostalgia. Gabrielle's friends could be a source of help but their childish ways at a local mall turns into an unbelievable adventure of suspense with the Italians. This fun-loving urban series by Eric Reese doesn't fail to deliver.
Home Girl
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Author : Judith Matloff
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2008-06-24
Home Girl written by Judith Matloff and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
After twenty years as a foreign correspondent in tumultuous locales including Rwanda, Chechnya, and Sudan, Judith Matloff is ready to put down roots and start a family. She leaves Moscow and returns to her native New York City to house-hunt for the perfect spot while her Dutch husband, John, stays behind in Russia with their dog to pack up their belongings. Intoxicated by West Harlem’s cultural diversity and, more important, its affordability, Judith impulsively buys a stately fixer-upper brownstone in the neighborhood. Little does she know what’s in store. Judith and John discover that their dream house was once a crack den and that “fixer upper” is an understatement. The building is a total wreck: The beams have been chewed to dust by termites, the staircase is separating from the wall, and the windows are smashed thanks to a recent break-in. Plus, the house–crowded with throngs of brazen drug dealers–forms the bustling epicenter of the cocaine trade in the Northeast, and heavily armed police regularly appear outside their door in pursuit of the thugs and crackheads who loiter there. Thus begins Judith and John’s odyssey to win over the neighbors, including Salami, the menacing addict who threatens to take over their house; MacKenzie, the literary homeless man who quotes Latin over morning coffee; Mrs. LaDuke, the salty octogenarian and neighborhood watchdog; and Miguel, the smooth lieutenant of the local drug crew, with whom the couple must negotiate safe passage. It’s a far cry from utopia, but it’s a start, and they do all they can to carve out a comfortable life. And by the time they experience the birth of a son, Judith and John have even come to appreciate the neighborhood’s rough charms. Blending her finely honed reporter’s instincts with superb storytelling, Judith Matloff has crafted a wry, reflective, and hugely entertaining memoir about community, home, and real estate. Home Girl is for anyone who has ever longed to go home, however complicated the journey. Advance Praise for Home Girl “Although I always suspected that renovating a house in New York City would be a slightly more harrowing undertaking than dodging bullets as a foreign correspondent, it took this charming story to convince me it could also be more entertaining. Except for the plumbing. That’s one adventure I couldn't survive.” –Michelle Slatalla, author of The Town on Beaver Creek “After years of covering wars overseas, Judith Matloff takes her boundless courage and inimitable style to the front lines of America’s biggest city. From her vantage point in a former crack house in West Harlem, she brings life to a proud community held hostage by drug dealers and forgotten by policy makers. Matloff’s sense of humor, clear reportage, and zest for adventure never fail. Home Girl is part gritty confessional, part love story, and totally delightful.” –Bob Drogin, author of Curveball “Here the American dream of home ownership takes on the epic dimensions of the modern pioneer in a drug-riddled land. Matloff’s story, which had me crying and laughing, is a portrait of a household and a community, extending far beyond the specifics of West Harlem to the universal–as all well-told stories do.” –Martha McPhee, author of L’America
Homegirl
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Author : Ryder Collins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Homegirl written by Ryder Collins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Fiction categories.
Bristling with fiery deviance, Collins fearlessly explores the daunting territory of being a twenty-something encountering the complexities of adulthood. Written with a refreshing lyrical frankness and punctuated by a unique narrative, Collins' fast-paced prose doesn't shy away from flouting convention.
The House Girl
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Author : Tara Conklin
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2013-02-12
The House Girl written by Tara Conklin and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-12 with Fiction categories.
“Assured and arresting...You cannot put it down.”” (Chicago Tribune) The House Girl, the historical fiction debut by Tara Conklin, is an unforgettable story of love, history, and a search for justice, set in modern-day New York and 1852 Virginia. Two remarkable women, separated by more than a century, whose lives unexpectedly intertwine . . . 2004: Lina Sparrow is an ambitious young lawyer working on a historic class-action lawsuit seeking reparations for the descendants of American slaves. 1852: Josephine is a seventeen-year-old house slave who tends to the mistress of a Virginia tobacco farm—an aspiring artist named Lu Anne Bell. It is through her father, renowned artist Oscar Sparrow, that Lina discovers a controversy rocking the art world: art historians now suspect that the revered paintings of Lu Anne Bell, an antebellum artist known for her humanizing portraits of the slaves who worked her Virginia tobacco farm, were actually the work of her house slave, Josephine. A descendant of Josephine's would be the perfect face for the lawsuit—if Lina can find one. But nothing is known about Josephine's fate following Lu Anne Bell's death in 1852. In piecing together Josephine's story, Lina embarks on a journey that will lead her to question her own life, including the full story of her mother's mysterious death twenty years before. Alternating between antebellum Virginia and modern-day New York, this searing tale of art and history, love and secrets explores what it means to repair a wrong, and asks whether truth can be more important than justice. Featuring two remarkable, unforgettable heroines, Tara Conklin's The House Girl is riveting and powerful, literary fiction at its very best.