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Runaway Girl
Escaping Life on the Streets
Taschenbuch von Carissa Phelps
Sprache: Englisch

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"Riveting . . . A genuinely important book that casts the problem of sex trafficking in America into stunning, heartbreaking relief.” (Kirkus Reviews)

A School Library Journal Best Adult Book for Teens
A Joan F. Kaywell Award Finalist from the Florida Council of Teachers of English

Carissa Phelps was a runner. By the time she was twelve, she had run away from home, dropped out of school, and fled blindly into the arms of a brutal pimp. Even when she escaped him, she could not outrun the crushing inner pain of abuse, neglect, and abandonment. With little to hope for, she expected to end up in prison, or worse. But then her life was transformed through the unexpected kindness of a teacher and a counselor. Through small miracles, Carissa accomplished the unimaginable, graduating from UCLA with both a law degree and an MBA. She left the streets behind, yet found herself back, this time working to help homeless and at-risk youth discover their own paths to a better life. Like the multimillion-copy bestseller The Glass Castle, this memoir moves us through the power of its unflinching candor and generosity.
"Riveting . . . A genuinely important book that casts the problem of sex trafficking in America into stunning, heartbreaking relief.” (Kirkus Reviews)

A School Library Journal Best Adult Book for Teens
A Joan F. Kaywell Award Finalist from the Florida Council of Teachers of English

Carissa Phelps was a runner. By the time she was twelve, she had run away from home, dropped out of school, and fled blindly into the arms of a brutal pimp. Even when she escaped him, she could not outrun the crushing inner pain of abuse, neglect, and abandonment. With little to hope for, she expected to end up in prison, or worse. But then her life was transformed through the unexpected kindness of a teacher and a counselor. Through small miracles, Carissa accomplished the unimaginable, graduating from UCLA with both a law degree and an MBA. She left the streets behind, yet found herself back, this time working to help homeless and at-risk youth discover their own paths to a better life. Like the multimillion-copy bestseller The Glass Castle, this memoir moves us through the power of its unflinching candor and generosity.
Über den Autor
Carissa Phelps is an attorney, a social entrepreneur, and a youth advocate. She is CEO and founder of Runaway Girl, FPC, a California flexible purpose corporation. Larkin Warren’s recent book collaborations include Mary Forsberg Weiland’s Fall to Pieces andElyn R. Saks’s bestselling The Center Cannot Hold.
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Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780143123330
ISBN-10: 0143123335
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Phelps, Carissa
Orchester: Warren, Larkin
Hersteller: Penguin Publishing Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 214 x 140 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Carissa Phelps
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.06.2013
Gewicht: 0,403 kg
Artikel-ID: 131620156
Über den Autor
Carissa Phelps is an attorney, a social entrepreneur, and a youth advocate. She is CEO and founder of Runaway Girl, FPC, a California flexible purpose corporation. Larkin Warren’s recent book collaborations include Mary Forsberg Weiland’s Fall to Pieces andElyn R. Saks’s bestselling The Center Cannot Hold.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780143123330
ISBN-10: 0143123335
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Phelps, Carissa
Orchester: Warren, Larkin
Hersteller: Penguin Publishing Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 214 x 140 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Carissa Phelps
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.06.2013
Gewicht: 0,403 kg
Artikel-ID: 131620156
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