Girls Burn Brighter

Author : Shobha Rao
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250074263

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Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao Pdf

Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Paste, LitHub, Real Simple 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist: Best Fiction Longlisted for the 2018 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize “Incandescent...A searing portrait of what feminism looks like in much of the world.” —Vogue “A treat for Ferrante fans, exploring the bonds of friendship and how female ambition beats against the strictures of poverty and patriarchal societies.” —The Huffington Post An electrifying debut novel about the extraordinary bond between two girls driven apart by circumstance but relentless in their search for one another. Poornima and Savitha have three strikes against them: they are poor, they are ambitious, and they are girls. After her mother’s death, Poornima has very little kindness in her life. She is left to care for her siblings until her father can find her a suitable match. So when Savitha enters their household, Poornima is intrigued by the joyful, independent-minded girl. Suddenly their Indian village doesn't feel quite so claustrophobic, and Poornima begins to imagine a life beyond arranged marriage. But when a devastating act of cruelty drives Savitha away, Poornima leaves behind everything she has ever known to find her friend. Her journey takes her into the darkest corners of India's underworld, on a harrowing cross-continental journey, and eventually to an apartment complex in Seattle. Alternating between the girls’ perspectives as they face ruthless obstacles, Shobha Rao's Girls Burn Brighter introduces two heroines who never lose the hope that burns within.

Author : Shobha Rao
Publisher : Fleet
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0349006849

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Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao Pdf

'A treat for Ferrante fans, exploring the bonds of friendship and how female ambition beats against the strictures of poverty and patriarchal societies' Huffington Post An electrifying debut novel - the story of the unbreakable bond between two girls driven apart, and their journeys across continents to find each other again. Poornima and Savitha, born in poverty, have known little kindness in their lives until they meet as teenagers. When an act of devastating cruelty drives Savitha away, Poornima leaves behind everything she has ever known to find her friend. Alternating between the girls' perspectives as they face apparently insurmountable obstacles on their travels through the darkest corners of India's underworld and across an ocean, Girls Burn Brighter introduces two heroines who refuse to lose the hope that burns within.

Author : Robin Wasserman
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062417169

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Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman Pdf

An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year On Halloween, 1991, a popular high school basketball star ventures into the woods near Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, and disappears. Three days later, he’s found with a bullet in his head and a gun in his hand—a discovery that sends tremors through this conservative community, already unnerved by growing rumors of Satanic worship in the region. In the wake of this incident, bright but lonely Hannah Dexter is befriended by Lacey Champlain, a dark-eyed, Cobain-worshiping bad influence in lip gloss and Doc Martens. The charismatic, seductive Lacey forges a fast, intimate bond with the impressionable Dex, making her over in her own image and unleashing a fierce defiance that neither girl expected. But as Lacey gradually lures Dex away from her safe life into a feverish spiral of obsession, rebellion, and ever greater risk, an unwelcome figure appears on the horizon—and Lacey’s secret history collides with Dex’s worst nightmare. By turns a shocking story of love and violence and an addictive portrait of the intoxication of female friendship, set against the unsettled backdrop of a town gripped by moral panic, Girls on Fire is an unflinching and unforgettable snapshot of girlhood: girls lost and found, girls strong and weak, girls who burn bright and brighter—and some who flicker away.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435051580272

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Wide Awake by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mean Girls Burn Book
Publisher : Jawad Elbennar
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 212349691X

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Burn Book Mean Girls by Mean Girls Burn Book Pdf

LIKE REGINA GEORGE AND THE PLASTICS FROM THE ICONIC MOVIE "MEAN GIRLS", YOU CAN FILL THIS BLANK JOURNAL WITH ALL YOUR LITTLE SECRETS; IN THE WORDS OF GRETCHEN WIENERS: "THAT'S SO FETCH!" Specifications: - 120 pages - 8.5" x 11" - Blank Paper - Soft, Glossy Cover

Author : Leslie Heywood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Femininity
ISBN : UCSC:32106014964487

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Pretty Good for a Girl by Leslie Heywood Pdf

Today Heywood still loves the challenge of sports, and she has found a way to live with a more balanced relationship to her body and the world. But as she looks at the explosion in the number of girl athletes around her, she asks, "How can we make it safer for them than it was for me?" Pretty Good for a Girl explores why girls need and want to participate in the American dream of competition and individual achievement: it also reveals the obstacles they still face - such as traditional ideas about what girls should be, which disfigure their competitive spirit and limit their potential.

Author : Illinois Farmers' Institute
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : OSU:32435052936119

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Annual Report of the Illinois Farmers' Institute by Illinois Farmers' Institute Pdf

With reports of County farmers' institutes for the year ...

Author : Illinois Farmers' Institute,Illinois Farmers' Institute. Dept. of Household Science
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Farmers' institutes
ISBN : UIUC:30112001328605

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Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute,Illinois Farmers' Institute. Dept. of Household Science Pdf

With reports of County farmers' institutes for the year ...

Author : Illinois Farmers' Institute
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B2950049

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Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute Pdf

Author : George Miller
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0131828010

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The Prentice Hall Reader by George Miller Pdf

This best-selling rhetorical modes reader features ten chapters focusing on classic rhetorical modes such as narration, description and argument and persuasion. Each chapter offers readings scaled by difficulty, suggestions for using the strategy in other disciplines, connecting and anticipating questions, detailed writing exercises and extensive revision activities. New Features: Literary examples of the organizational strategies added to each chapter to help students connect poems or brief short stories with the given strategy. New prewriting and rewriting suggestions. "Writing Links" for each essay that focuses students' attention on how the writer uses punctuation, word choice, sentence structure, typographical devices and paragraph skills to create an effective essay. The Companion Website(TM) is the largest, most extensive Website of any reader. Among its highlights, the site features hotlinks, additional background information on the readings, writing assignments and practice using Web-based materials. Supplements Include: Instructor's Quiz Booklet Annotated Instructor's Edition with "teaching strategy" for each essay, class activities, collaborative learning activities, critical reading activities and links to writing. Teaching Writing with the Prentice Hall Reader that offers helpful suggestions to the new and seasoned instructor.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : American drama
ISBN : UOM:39015077982745

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Catalogue of Title-entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, Under the Copyright Law ... Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Art
ISBN : IND:30000128739988

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Art
ISBN : UCAL:B2988728

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Catalogue of Copyright Entries ... by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Nadia Hashimi
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063008304

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Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi Pdf

“Suspenseful…emotionally compelling. I found myself eagerly following in a way I hadn’t remembered for a long time, impatient for the next twist and turn of the story."—NPR An Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives in this brilliant and compelling novel from the bestselling author of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, The House Without Windows, and When the Moon Is Low. Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan’s thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan’s progressive president, and Sitara’s beloved father, his right-hand man. But the ten-year-old Sitara’s world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitara’s entire family. Only she survives. Smuggled out of the palace by a guard named Shair, Sitara finds her way to the home of a female American diplomat, who adopts her and raises her in America. In her new country, Sitara takes on a new name—Aryana Shepherd—and throws herself into her studies, eventually becoming a renowned surgeon. A survivor, Aryana has refused to look back, choosing instead to bury the trauma and devastating loss she endured. New York, 2008: Thirty years after that fatal night in Kabul, Aryana’s world is rocked again when an elderly patient appears in her examination room—a man she never expected to see again. It is Shair, the soldier who saved her, yet may have murdered her entire family. Seeing him awakens Aryana’s fury and desire for answers—and, perhaps, revenge. Realizing that she cannot go on without finding the truth, Aryana embarks on a quest that takes her back to Kabul—a battleground between the corrupt government and the fundamentalist Taliban—and through shadowy memories of the world she loved and lost. Bold, illuminating, heartbreaking, yet hopeful, Sparks Like Stars is a story of home—of America and Afghanistan, tragedy and survival, reinvention and remembrance, told in Nadia Hashimi’s singular voice.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Women in Christianity
ISBN : WISC:89077054591

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Woman's Missionary Friend by Anonim Pdf