Rat Girl

Rat Girl
Author: Kristin Hersh
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2010-08-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1101459026

"One of the 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time” --Rolling Stone Magazine (#8) “Sensitive and emotionally raw… it’s also wildly funny”--The New York Times Book Review A powerfully original memoir of pregnancy and mental illness by the legendary founder of the seminal rock band Throwing Muses, 'a magnificently charged union of Sylvia Plath and Patti Smith' - The Guardian Kristin Hersh was a preternaturally bright teenager, starting college at fifteen and with her band, Throwing Muses, playing rock clubs she was too young to frequent. By the age of seventeen she was living in her car, unable to sleep for the torment of strange songs swimming around her head - the songs for which she is now known. But just as her band was taking off, Hersh was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. Rat Girl chronicles the unraveling of a young woman's personality, culminating in a suicide attempt; and then her arduous yet inspiring recovery, her unplanned pregnancy at the age of 19, and the birth of her first son. Playful, vivid, and wonderfully warm, this is a visceral and brave memoir by a truly original performer, told in a truly original voice.

Paradoxical Undressing

Paradoxical Undressing
Author: Kristin Hersh
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0857893017

Kristin Hersh was a preternaturally bright teenager, starting university at fifteen and with her band, Throwing Muses, playing rock clubs she was too young to frequent. By the age of seventeen she was living in her car, unable to sleep for the torment of strange songs swimming around her head - the songs for which she is now known. But just as her band was taking off, Hersh was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. Paradoxical Undressing chronicles the unraveling of a young woman's personality, culminating in a suicide attempt; and then her arduous yet inspiring recovery, her unplanned pregnancy at the age of 19, and the birth of her first son. Playful, vivid, and wonderfully warm, this is a visceral and brave memoir by a truly original performer, told in a truly original voice.

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
Author: Lynne Jonell
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2008-09-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1466824662

Emmy was a good girl. At least she tried very hard to be good. She did her homework without being told. She ate all her vegetables, even the slimy ones. And she never talked back to her nanny, Miss Barmy, although it was almost impossible to keep quiet, some days. She really was a little too good. Which is why she liked to sit by the Rat. The Rat was not good at all . . . Hilarious, inventive, and irresistably rodent-friendly, Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat is a fantastic first novel from acclaimed picture book author Lynne Jonell.

Red Girl Rat Boy

Red Girl Rat Boy
Author: Cynthia Flood
Publisher: Biblioasis
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2013-09-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1927428424

A new collection from a noted feminist author and winner of the prestigious Journey Prize for short fiction.

Rat Pack Party Girl

Rat Pack Party Girl
Author: Jane McCormick
Publisher: Story Merchant Books
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2015-12-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9780996990813

Rat Pack Party Girl: From Prostitute to Women's Advocate is the gutsy and wrenching story of former Rat Pack high-roller and sex-trade survivor Jane McCormick. Not only does she reveal her 1960s sexcapades with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Vic Damone, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Jerry Lewis, Bill Frawley and other celebrities, she also details her molestation by an abusive stepfather and the too-young marriage that led to her addiction to the "big money" of high-roller prostitution in Las Vegas. She survived a dangerous abortion, seedy silicone injections, years of pill popping, and the harassment of her abusive "old man," all on a long and hard journey down a road of self-discovery. At the end of that road, she was finally able to realize her self-worth and obtain what she wanted all along: happiness fueled by the discovery of her true sexual identity as a gay woman, which has resulted in the comfort of experiencing real love in her now twenty-two year relationship. McCormick tells her story not to titillate but to educate both women and men about the life of selling sex, and to help younger women decide not to enter prostitution, to show them that getting out is way harder than getting in, and to give hope for escape to those who've already fallen victim. She envisions changes in federal and local laws regarding the sex-trade industry as well as a place where prostituting women can find the refuge and the help they need to put their lives in order.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
Author: Robert C. O'Brien
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1665911611

Some extraordinary rats come to the aid of a mouse family in this Newbery Medal Award–winning classic by notable children’s author Robert C. O’Brien. Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma. And Mrs. Frisby in turn renders them a great service.

The Rat Prince

The Rat Prince
Author: Bridget Hodder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2016-08-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0374302146

The Rat Prince by Bridget Hodder is a funny and magical retelling of the Cinderella story from the point of view of one of her footmen, a rat! Before Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters moved into Lancastyr Manor she was known as the beautiful Lady Rose de Lancaster. Then her stepmother forced her to become a kitchen maid and renamed her. At first the rats of the manor figure her for a lack-wit and take pity on her by bringing her food and a special family heirloom. But when Cinderella's stepmother finds a way to prevent her from attending the ball, the rats join forces to help her. The night of the ball is filled with magic and secrets-not least of all who Lady Rose will choose as her Prince Charming. A Margaret Ferguson Book

Rat Bohemia (Large Print 16pt)

Rat Bohemia (Large Print 16pt)
Author: Sarah Schulman
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2010-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1458780414

First published in 1995, this award-winning novel, written from the epicentre of the AIDS crisis, is a bold, achingly honest story set in the rat bohemia of New York City, whose huddled masses include gay men and lesbians who bond with one ano...

Breaking My Silence

Breaking My Silence
Author: Jane McCormick
Publisher: Breaking My Silence
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Prostitutes
ISBN: 9781604614770

Recounts her life as one of five or six top call girls in Las Vegas who were part of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack inner circle. Once known as Baby Jane, this great grandmother who lives in Vadnais Heights hopes that her story will help younger women decide not to enter prostitution and explains "that getting out is way harder than getting in."

Rat Rule 79

Rat Rule 79
Author: Rivka Galchen
Publisher: Restless Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2019-09-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 163206099X

From the New Yorker “20 Under 40” author of Atmospheric Disturbances comes a brain-twisting adventure story of a girl named Fred on a quest through a world of fantastical creatures, strange logic, and a powerful prejudice against growing up. Fred and her math-teacher mom are always on the move, and Fred is getting sick of it. She’s about to have yet another birthday in a new place without friends. On the eve of turning thirteen, Fred sees something strange in the living room: her mother, dressed for a party, standing in front of an enormous paper lantern—which she steps into and disappears. Fred follows her and finds herself in the Land of Impossibility—a loopily illogical place where time is outlawed, words carry dire consequences, and her unlikely allies are a depressed white elephant and a pugnacious mongoose mother of seventeen. With her new friends, Fred sets off in search of her mom, braving dungeons, Insult Fish, Fearsome Ferlings, and a mad Rat Queen. To succeed, the trio must find the solution to an ageless riddle. Gorgeously illustrated and reminiscent of The Phantom Tollbooth and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Rivka Galchen’s Rat Rule 79 is an instant classic for curious readers of all ages.