A Nice Girl Like Me

A Nice Girl Like Me
Author: Rosie Boycott
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2009-05-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1847398952

Rosie Boycott wasn't a typical 1960's Cheltenham Ladies College girl. By the age of 21 she had co-founded the feminist magazine Spare Riband the feminist publishing house Virago, whilst experimenting with drugs, sex and booze. But she wanted more: more experience, more travel, more passion. An epic motorcycle trip through Asia with her boyfriend John Steinbeck Jr. ended in a Thai jail. But drugs weren't her real problem. Alcohol was. Drinking seemed to defeat the demons in her psyche - until it became clear that drinking was her biggest demon of all. How had a nice country girl turned into a drunk? Now a well-known journalist, ex-newspaper editor and chairman of the London Food Board, Rosie made it from the top to the bottom and back again. In this account of her life, she never shirks from the truth about herself - and in her honesty she gives hope to other women with addictions, addressing the hellish predicament of the alcoholic woman with passion and candour.

A Nice Girl Like Me

A Nice Girl Like Me
Author: Gloria Lovatt
Publisher: Sphere
Total Pages: 207
Release: 1988
Genre: Prostitution
ISBN: 9780708842539

A Nice Girl Like Me

A Nice Girl Like Me
Author: Abigail Bosanko
Publisher: Little Brown Uk
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2004
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780751533941

Emily Drummond has just finished her degree and the world is her oyster. She can do anything she wants. So when she marries Andrew, nineteen years her senior, after knowing him less than six weeks, eyebrows are raised. Is this a case of marry in haste and repent at leisure? Is Andrew having a mid-life crisis? Or is this true love for both of them? Then Emily meets Jack, who's just back from travelling the world, and he offers her a glimpse of what life might be like with someone her own age. Suddenly the doubts come crowding in: did she marry Andrew too hastily and does the age-gap matter after all?

Pornology

Pornology
Author: Ayn Carrillo-Gailey
Publisher: Running PressBook Pub
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2007
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780762427741

The author describes how she overcame her own fear of pornography to achieve a better understanding of men and sexual relationships.

A Girl Like Me

A Girl Like Me
Author: Angela Johnson
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2020
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1541557778

A joyful celebration of girls of color that encourages girls to reject limitations and follow their dreams.

What's a Nice Girl Like Me Doing With Ms?

What's a Nice Girl Like Me Doing With Ms?
Author: Lin Logan
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2016-12-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781540852670

This is the story of one woman's walk through life with MS. (Multiple Sclerosis.) It took her many years to accept this diagnosis but once she did, she came at it full force. She was not going to let this "setback" destroy her very successful life. She was in denial right from the very beginning. However, after many years, she finally accepted this in her life and has fought the battle ever since. You will read of her visits with various doctors and learn how she finally accepted this interference in her life.

Brown Girl Like Me

Brown Girl Like Me
Author: Jaspreet Kaur
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2022-02-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1529056330

You might feel that this fight is too big for you. How on earth can you dismantle so many complex, long-standing systems of oppression? My answer: piece by piece. Brown Girl Like Me is an inspiring memoir and empowering manifesto that equips women with the confidence and tools they need to navigate the difficulties that come with an intersectional identity. Jaspreet Kaur unpacks key issues such as the media, the workplace, the home, education, mental health, culture, confidence and the body, to help South Asian women understand and tackle the issues that affect them, and help them be in the driving seat of their own lives. Jaspreet pulls no punches, tackling difficult topics from mental health and menstruation stigma to education and beauty standards, from feminism to cultural appropriation and microaggressions. She also addresses complex issues, such as how to manage being a brown feminist without rejecting your own culture, and why Asian girls – the second highest performing group of students in the country – aren't seen in larger numbers in universities and head offices. Interviews with brilliant South Asian Women of all walks of life as well as academic insight show what life is really like for brown women in the diaspora. Part toolkit, part call-to-arms, Brown Girl Like Me is essential reading for South Asian women as well as people with an interest in feminism and cultural issues, and will educate, inspire and spark urgent conversations for change.

A Girl Like Me

A Girl Like Me
Author: Ni-Ni Simone
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2008-12-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0758237642

A high school beauty is out to save her troubled family when she meets a hip-hop Prince Charming in this YA urban Cinderella story. She's got a voice like Keisha Cole and attitude to burn. She’s the body-rockin', Bebe-sporting girl everyone in her high school wants to be—or be with. But behind her picture-perfect image, sixteen-year-old Elite has a crack-addicted mother, no father in sight, and is secretly raising her sister and two brothers on her own. Now a radio contest has put her up-close-and-personal with mega-hot singer Haneef and their chemistry is too sizzling for Elite to stop pretending. As the clock ticks down fast for this 'hood Cinderella, she has only one shot to save her family and make all of her dreams come true.

A Girl Like Me

A Girl Like Me
Author: Ginger Scott
Publisher: Ginger Scott
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2017-05-26
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0999046403

For Black Girls Like Me

For Black Girls Like Me
Author: Mariama J. Lockington
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2019-07-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0374308063

In this lyrical coming-of-age story about family, sisterhood, music, race, and identity, Schneider Family Book Award and Stonewall Honor-winning author Mariama J. Lockington draws on some of the emotional truths from her own experiences growing up with an adoptive white family. I am a girl but most days I feel like a question mark. Makeda June Kirkland is eleven years old, adopted, and black. Her parents and big sister are white, and even though she loves her family very much, Makeda often feels left out. When Makeda's family moves from Maryland to New Mexico, she leaves behind her best friend, Lena— the only other adopted black girl she knows— for a new life. In New Mexico, everything is different. At home, Makeda’s sister is too cool to hang out with her anymore and at school, she can’t seem to find one real friend. Through it all, Makeda can’t help but wonder: What would it feel like to grow up with a family that looks like me? Through singing, dreaming, and writing secret messages back and forth with Lena, Makeda might just carve a small place for herself in the world. For Black Girls Like Me is for anyone who has ever asked themselves: How do you figure out where you are going if you don’t know where you came from?