Story of a Girl
When she is caught in the backseat of a car with her older brother's best friend—Deanna Lambert's teenage life is changed forever. Struggling to overcome the lasting repercussions and the stifling role of "school slut," she longs to escape a life defined by her past. With subtle grace,...
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When she is caught in the backseat of a car with her older brother's best friend—Deanna Lambert's teenage life is changed forever. Struggling to overcome the lasting repercussions and the stifling role of "school slut," she longs to escape a life defined by her past. With subtle grace, complicated wisdom and striking emotion, Story of a Girl reminds us of our human capacity for resilience, epiphany and redemption.
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Format: ebook
ASIN: 9780316014533
Publish date: 10-01-2007
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Edition language: English
What befuddles me the most is how so few words, around 44k or something(I didn't actually count the whole book, just figured out the average. I'm not that big of a nerd), such a short book,can convey so many emotions. Not cheerful or pitiful ones, but like this-is-my-life-and me-dealing-with-it-bein...
3.5"This is the last time, the girl thought, that she would remember these things.If they floated back to her again, she would paddle away.When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin."Story of a Girl is, simply put, the story of a girl, who is flawed, misunderstood and taken for grante...
God I loved this book. I stumbled on this book by looking at a friend's (Catie's) profile page and seeing that this book was listed as one of her favorites. Well, I can never go wrong with reading one of Catie's favorites. The topic that this story addresses is very sensitive, very personal and d...
4 stars
The story of this girl isn't exactly a happy one. Deanna is a disappointment to her father, a source of concern for her brother, a constant worry for her mother, and a half-assed friend. For all that Deanna hopes to do - change her life, help her brother and his new family, move past the hurt, she ...
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