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Publishers Weekly called Michelle Tea ""a modern-day Beat, a kind of pop ambassador to the world of the tattooed, pierced, politicized and sex-radical queer-grrls of San Francisco. [She] dramatizes the hopes and hurts, apathies and ambitions of young lesbians looking for love in the Mission District."" Rent Girl continues Tea's graphic and uncompromising autobiographical bender, telling the story of her years as a prostitute, with provocative and richly illustrated work by Laurenn McCubbin.
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Perhaps not _Mrs. Dalloway_, true, but to read it is to experience it........2007-09-30
Look, this isn't a normal book about a normal subject. You don't get a neatly wrapped-up story of character development. What you do get is a slice of the deeply conflicted experience that providing erotic labor can be. If you're not interested in that experience, either because you've lived way too much of it yourself, or because it's too far from your own world -- well you probably won't like the book.
But if you can somehow empathize and put yourself in the position of being really poor, or that of either providing or making use of erotic labor (prostitution, stripclub, paid phonesex, sugardaddy relationships, whatever) -- well, this book might just give you a valuable experiential ride.
There's not much that's cuddly in the book, although some of the protagonist's personal relationships have their cuddly moments. The book is somewhat amoral -- it neither judges against nor condones prostitution. The protagonist unabashedly says "this is who I was and this is what I did," but Tea doesn't try to retro-fit these experiences and sanitize them to make them seem sex-positive, nor does she make it entirely a cautionary tale.
I'd definitely recomend this to those who work in erotic laborer and to their friends. Should a john read this? I'm not sure. It will quickly disabuse him of the fantasy that he shares an emotional connection with his providers. Since in many cases that's precisely the fantasy he's paying for, and precicely the one that the provider profits from selling, if a sufficiently intelligent and compassionate john reads this, it just might ruin it for both parties. lol.
And if you think about it, that's what makes this book as good as I think it is -- its gritty, ambivalent, unapologetic realism.
I agree that the book could use some proofreading, especially in the latter half, but that's a minor point.
Tea's got everything I like in a writer........2007-07-18
Beyond the treat of the occasional artful line, she has a talent for making the mundane interesting, without sweat or superlative. I'm not part of the scene she reveals, a crowd strange to me, but Tea had me not despising the whole of it either, her never haranguing or entreating, just laying it out sober, neat, while McCubbin dishes the eye-candy. It's definitely a graphic novel (one dominating illustration per page accompanied by a paragraph or two), and if the gn is to ever seriously entice a broader audience, I imagine this layout being the key, far enough removed from the comicbook form to overcome the embarrassment/distaste of being seen perusing a 'childish' art.
one of my favorites.......2007-06-08
This is one of those books that becomes a lyric caught in your head. Every word just felt a little too relevant... and definitely the words of someone who's been there, not that I would know, officer. This is not one to be missed. I picked up every one of Tea's books after this one, but this will always be my favorite.
Dee in Sacramento.......2006-09-20
The book is written differently than any other book I have read so that caught me off guard at first. I learned to enjoy the way Michelle Tea wrote and was fasinated by her life. My only complaint is that it ended way too soon. I am going to purchase more of her work. The artwork is wonderful.
Michelle Tea's greatness never fails........2006-08-15
As a fan of all of Michelle Tea's works, this one keeps track with her amazing writing style. It's not normal, but it's not unbearably weird. This book is hard to put down, and when you do put it down, you will think about it.
It goes in hard into how exactly her life was, real, gritty, and not glossed over. She doesn't just focus on the good times, she gets into the raw of it. The drawings that accompany are amazing as well.
This will go down as one of my favorite books.
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Beauty Shop for Rent: . . . fully equipped, inquire within
Laura Bowers
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Abbey Garner has a plan: to earn a million dollars by the time she's thirty-five. Financial independence will allow her to break the cycle of unhappiness endured by the women in her family. Determined to fulfill her dream, Abbey works at Granny Po's struggling beauty shop, where the feisty Gray Widows go to primp, polish, perm . . . and, of course, gossip. There, among the hair dryers and perm rods--and with the help of a new friend--Abbey finds the courage to open her heart and take risks required for her to live life to its fullest.
Debut author Laura Bowers creates a funny and touching first novel about family--both the one we are born to and the one we create ourselves.
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Sweet, sad and funny.......2007-08-30
This beautiful debut from Laura Bowers infuses horses, charm, family and mother-daughter dynamics that all come together in BEAUTY SHOP. I read the book in one evening and couldn't put it down. The most heartbreaking scenes between Abbey and her mother are pennned so well that I felt inside the room. I'll be looking for Bowers' next book.
Prepare to Enjoy.......2007-07-05
Kudos to a new author. This is a great book for any age reader. You will relate to these people and situations. The characters and settings are so real and believeable that you feel like you know them. It could be your neighborhood and your friends. The book was at times heartbreaking, and at times heartwarming. There were times when I was angry with some of the characters because I know how mean teens can be to each other. You know that you have known people who have been in these same situations. The mother who can't deal with life, the daughter who feels deserted by both parents and the older women who take a young person under their wings to give her all the love and support needed by a teenage girl. You will love this book.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too.......2007-06-01
There is nothing like Polly's Parlor, where a free dose of gossip comes with a manicure.
For Abbey Garner, her great-grandmother's old-fashioned beauty shop and the familiar elderly customers are home and family to Abbey ever since her mother left her several years ago. Now fourteen-year-ld Abbey works alongside her great-grandmother, Granny Po, giving perms and haircuts and investing her earnings towards her goal of becoming a millionaire before the age of thirty-five.
But in the last few years, the outdated Polly's Parlor hasn't been doing too well due to competition from more modern beauty salons. In fact, Granny Po has been trying to rent out the beauty shop, but nobody has been interested...until now. Gena is a fun and ambitious woman with big plans to turn the beauty shop into a friendly modern-day spa. Can the beauty shop be transformed and still remain Abbey's home?
In addition, between work, high school, and thinking about boys, Abbey is also worrying about her fragile, depressed mother. When she shows up for a surprise visit, Abbey's world is about to be turned completely upside down.
BEAUTY SHOP FOR RENT is the story of a girl growing up and trying to find a place in the world. Realistic, yet humorous, this is a satisfying novel that I'm sure many readers will be able relate to.
Reviewed by: Safia Abdul
A Great Read.......2007-05-30
Beauty Shop for Rent is an absolute charmer. The characters just jump off the page -- especially 15-year old Abbey. Abbey is so busy protecting herself from making the same mistake of trusting men that her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother made that Abbey doesn't realize how many different mistakes she's making. But when Abbey gives her hard-earned money to her mother, Abbey forced to face who her mother really is and who she really is.
With the love of Granny Po and her friends and the guidance of Gena, a woman who is completely different than Abbey's mother, Abbey learns who she is, what mistakes are for and how she wants to live her life.
Beauty Shop for Rent is laugh-out-loud funny, sweet, sad and true. I can't wait to read it again!
Prepare to be charmed..........2007-05-03
Beauty Shop for Rent is going to wrap itself around you like your favorite blanket. This book has it all: engaging characters, humor, and a protagonist that you root for from page one. I'm giving my copy to my 16 year-old daughter, and buying another for her pal in Australia. A great read.
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"Be responsible with your money. Buy hot new fashions. Save for a rainy day. Fly away to a sunny beach. Invest for your future. Drive a sporty car." Today's young women are flooded with conflicting and often bewildering messages about money. This book offers strategies to break through the confusion and start making sound financial decisions.
With its friendly writing, attractive design, and easy-to-understand suggestions, A Girl's Guide to Money communicates the information young women need to become financially savvy, and does so in a way that suits their style. A Wall Street prospectus it isn't — rather, it's a handy guide bursting with indispensable advice on opening and managing accounts, budgeting and paying bills, avoiding and managing debt, affording shopping and travel, and so much more.
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Fun!.......2006-10-19
This book is a fun way to learn about how to manage your finances. If you desire to learn the basics of personal finance in a fun and easy way, this book is for you.
Don't waste your money! .......2005-03-17
This book was a disappointment! It doesn't tell you much that you don't already know, assuming you have a job and are out of your parents' house. I would have learned from it when I was 16, but having already been on my own for 7 years it was a complete waste of time and money. The unfortunate part is that there are a lot of references to drinking and a few about divorce, so it's not even suitable for teenagers. I didn't expect expert advice, but I was expecting some tips and strategies. The best advice I learned from the book...save your money and don't buy it!
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The Ultimate Girls' Movie Survival Guide: What to Rent, Who to Watch, How to Deal
Andrea Sarvady
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The Ultimate Girls' Movie Survival Guide
Therapy is embarrassing, friends can only help so much, and parents are often
useless -- where can you turn when life is getting you down? To the movies, of course. The Ultimate Girls' Movie Survival Guide is a guide to changing your life through the movies. Programmed by teen counselor and movie buff Andrea Sarvady, this handbook includes reviews of the best movies to help you deal with life, love, and everything else -- from family strife to first love, best friends to worst enemies, school days and life beyond. Whether you want to laugh or need a good cry, enjoy a "Best Kiss" or "Most Satisfying Revenge," this book suggests all the right flicks. So pop in one of these 100-plus videos, press "Play," and prepare to feel better.
Anywhere but Here
Blue Crush
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And more!
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Get the popcorn out!.......2004-10-13
Have you ever found yourself aimlessly wandering the aisles of Blockbuster, struggling to pick out a movie that you and your kids can watch without shooting yourself in the head, or looking for a good chick flick after a bad break up? Then this is the book for you. Its filled with over 100 humorous reviews, with knee slapping comments in each and every one. Each movie guide includes who to watch the movie with ( mom, dad, boyfriend, girlfriends, kids ect...) and when to watch it, based on your mood. With The Ultimate Girls' Movie Survival Guide; What to rent, Who to Watch, How to Deal, Blockbuster has never been easier to conquer.
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This digital document is an article from Girls' Life, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1396 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Baggin' that naggin': feel like the rents are on your case 24/7? Here's how to deal--and get along with 'em way better.
Author: Lisa Mulcahy
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Date: October 1, 2005
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Volume: 12
Issue: 2
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This digital document is an article from Girls' Life, published by Monarch Avalon, Inc. on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1783 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: How well are your 'rents tuned in to you? Aaah, parents. Sometimes, they read you so well that it almost seems like they've got magical powers. But other times, you wonder if they can even remember your name! This quiz should clue you in to just how much in touch your parents really are!
Author: Sandy Fertman Ryan
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Girls' Life (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: Monarch Avalon, Inc.
Volume: 11
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Autumn Lover
Elizabeth Lowell
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Beautiful, determined Elyssa Sutton has returned to her isolated ranch in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada after the Civil War -- but the Culpepper gang wants the horses, the ranch, and Elyssa, and they'll kill anyone who gets in their way. Can Hunter Maxwell, the handsome, bitter ranch foreman she hires when he appears mysteriously out of the moonlight, protect her?
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Returning to her Wyoming ranch at the Civil War's end, Elyssa Sutton finds it picked bare by scavengers and coveted by determined men. Yet the proud young woman vows never again to abandon her Ruby Mountain home, though it means enlisting the aid of a dark and dangerous stranger who lives for revenge alone.
Hunter Maxwell has suffered from the savagery of outlaws and the faithlessness of a woman. And he will trust no female – nor will he rest until the raiders who destroyed his family pay for their crimes.
A woman in, need, a man in pain, in fury and fire they must now stand as one to fight for something cherished, something lost ... and for a passion neither dreamed could live.
In the brisk chill of Autumn, ravaged hearts will be reborn.
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Beautiful.......2006-02-19
I can't tell you in enough words what a talented author Lowell is. This book is one you won't regret buying. it's, in one word, beautiful.
NOT A VERY GOOD BOOK.......2004-05-23
I THOUGHT I WOULD LIKE "AUTUMN LOVER" WHEN I BOUGHT IT, AND ACTUALLY IT WAS A GOOD BOOK IN THE BEGINNING, BUT WHEN I GOT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK, I STOPPED LIKING IT. I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY HUNTER HUMILIATED ELYSSA THINKING SHE WAS NOT A VIRGIN. THE REST OF THE STORY DIDN'T GET ANY BETTER EITHER. THEY KEPT HAVING SEX, BUT NOT OUT OF LOVE, ONLY FOR LUST. AND DESPITE HUNTER HUMILIATING ELYSSA, SHE STILL LIKES HUNTER AND WANT TO BE CLOSE TO HIM!
I DON'T RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE. SAVE YOUR MONEY.
A great book..........2002-11-05
Elyssa and Hunter were fabulous. I thought that it was a great book w/ a great storyline. If you liked this book, you will also like Winter Fire.
Trust is everything.......2002-03-09
Each chapter took me in to the country deeper and deeper that I found myself living during the era. Loving nature in its finest, I couldnt put this book to rest. Every moment away from it made me need to read and feel the power move thru my body as if this was my life. Have just started to read Ms Lowells work and with each book I'am transfer to a time and place so distant from my own. Loved this book and BEAUTIFUL DREAMER. Just bought three more of her books to start again. They have a gentle powerful way about the history and people.
Best Book I've Ever Read!!!.......2002-01-01
I was somewhat skeptical about reading this book because I had read some of the reviews and had anticipated a cruel, horrible hero that constantly taunted the heroine. However, what the reviews didn't say is that sexy, mysterious Hunter Maxwell is only saying those harsh things to Elyssa because he was jealous of the other men falling all over her while desperately fighting his own feelings toward her. I read at least one romance book a week and would actually have to say this book is the best I've ever read, from anyone. The attraction and chemistry between Elyssa and Hunter is estatic! This is definately a MUST READ!!!
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Lovers In Autumn
Kathleen Bartlett
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Jennifer Lewis wasn't really a spinster schoolteacher - she wasn't quite twenty-one yet. But until John Duval bought the old Berrenger farm adjoining theirs, Jenn - and her father, plus a few others - expected that she would be left on the shelf. The first time Jennifer saw John Duval, he startled her. The second and third times, she was self-conscious and upset. After that, she was in love.
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Lovers in Autumn
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The questions What mind-set is at the heart of the television series Stargate? and What really goes into the creation of each episode? are examined in this anthology. Featuring essays from such noted contributors as archaeologist Sue Linder-Linsley, astronomer Sten Odenwald, parasitologist Francine M. Terry, philosopher Daniel Dennett, and science fiction author Melanie A. Fletcher, this collection delves into every aspect of the series with the same humor and intellectual curiosity of the show itself. Commentary from the show's special effects head, James Tichenor, and actor Tom McBeath is also featured.
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Selected as one of USA Today’s 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century, this astonishing autobiography tells the gripping, heroic story of the early life of Jacques Lusseyran, an inspiring individual who overcame the limitations of physical blindness by attending — literally — to the light within his own mind. Through faith in the connection between vivid inner sight and outer events, he became a leader in the French Resistance and survived the horrors at Buchenwald.
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The Power of Positive Thought and the Power of Poetry.......2007-08-24
This is the autobiography of a blind hero of the French Resistance during WWII. Lusseyran lost his eyesight as a young boy through an accident at school, caused by a bully. But instead of sinking helplessly into darkness he gradually developed his other senses to extraordinary capacity.
When seventeen,while interviewing volunteers, willing to join the Resistance, he perceived colors when they answered questions. These colors revealed to him whether they could be trusted or not. Once, however,his friends disagreed with his recommendation. They all were taken prisoner and sent to the Concentration Camp.It was there, that the 18 year old found his second calling: Poetry. Reciting poetry by heart, he assembled the prisoners daily. The imagery had life-sustaining quality for them and a moment of renewal to all that participated. His experiences and observations there, later led him to choose to study philosophy and literature at the Sorbonne.He lectured at the various American universities until his death.
recommended additional reading by Lusseyran: "Against the Pollution of the I"
A classic.......2006-10-10
A classic study in overcoming adversity and finding hope in hopeless situations. If it were a work of fiction, we would doubt the author's credebility - but this is not fiction, this is the real life of an ordinary individual made extraordinary by the light of his saviour. It is an inspirational book and adventure action novel all in one. Rarely do we find a hero so authentic and humble as Mr. Lusseyran - and only he could share the story because only he has access to that light so necessary for the complete telling.
A light not his own.......2005-09-30
I enjoyed Lusseyran's story as a blind person who came up with a way to cope without sight. I can't imagine his life if he had remained sighted as he used his blindness to such advantage.
My favorite part is the history teachers role in the resistance. True education!
light unto the darkness.......2004-06-30
"in 1935 in a lycee in Paris..our work was divided into two equal parts: the world of today and the world of yesterday, the dreams of the ancients and the dreams of the modern man. I can't believe that was a bad thing. At least we were not in danger of falling into absurdity, so common nowadays, of confusing the era of Sputniks and Polaris rockets with the era of Genesis".
It is hard for me to categorize this book; it is a spiritual book, illuminating one man's relationship with the Spirit; it is a profound meditation on the nature of truth, morality and friendship, and it is a priceless analysis of human nature. Blindness was no impediment to Lusseyran - on the contrary, he learnt to use his senses with an uncanny precision to represent facts by creating visual imagery, to identify the motives that drive people and countries and to establish contact with the transcendental essence of all Being. "People were not at all what they were said to be, and never the same for more than two minutes at a stretch. Some were, of course, but that was a bad sign, a sign that they did not want to understand or be alive, that they were somehow caught in the glue of some indecent passion. ... It is strange that when laws men make are so ticklish in matters concerning the body, they never set limits to nakedness or contact by voice. Evidently they leave out of account the fact that the voice can go further than hands or eyes in licit or illicit touch."
This book is very valuable for its insights on the nature of blindness and sensory-emotional reorganization that accompanies it. "Blindness works like dope, a fact we have to reckon with. ...Like drugs, blindness heightens certain sensations, giving sudden and often disturbing sharpness to the senses of hearing and touch. But, most of all, like a drug, it develops inner as against outer experience, and sometimes to excess" (p.49).
I just cannot help myself from quoting from this book, it is so full of unforgettable passages. This is from the time he was caught, as a member of the Resistance, by the Gestapo: (p. 245): "One small piece of advice. IN a spot like this, do not go too far afield for help. Either it is right near you, in your heart, or it is nowhere. It is not a question of character, it is a question of reality. If you try to be strong, you will be weak. If you try to understand, you will go crazy. No, reality is not your charaqcter which, for its part, is only a by-product - I can't define it, a collection of elements. Reality is Here and Now. It is the life you are living in the moment. Don't be afraid to lose your soul there, for God is in it."
As you can see, this book was written by a remarkable man, who could "see" life and truth and humaneness better than many of his fellow men. Now, when our times in some ways resemble the late 30ies and we again seem to be descending into the darkness of ignorance, when the world is run by corrupt, greedy and cynical men who value their comfort above and beyond the dignity of their souls and happiness of their fellow men, Lusseyran's book provides a ray of light and a courage. I salute this amazing man.
The Touch of a Master's Hand.......2004-02-15
I found Jacques Lusseyran in 1969 when he became my teacher and advisor in the graduate program of French at the University of Hawaii. He also became one of my dearest friends. I lost him two short years later when he and his wife were killed on a lonely French country road in a car wreck. The terrible irony of having survived the Nazi occupation of France, as well as his betrayal, capture, torture and the final years in Buchenwald becomes self-evident as one reads this book. But more than the irony, this book portrays Jacques' great capacity for joy and hope and faith.
He taught me to have faith and hope, in God and in others, as well as in myself and in those gifts which each of us possess. I have shed many tears because I lost him. I loved him and his wife, both for what they taught me and what they gave me: joy in life and living; faith that even in the worst of human pain and suffering there is still always hope.
I have also shed many tears since then of gratitude for those two brief years of my life. And I continue our conversations about all things good and joyful through reading And There Was Light. Jacques Lusseyran and his life have changed my life and I rejoice and am grateful.
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courage,intelligence,spiritual light radiating love of life.......1997-04-02
The autobiographical book, And There Was Light, by Jacques Lusseyran, was to me, a must read for all people! I am in awe of Jacques Lusseyran. His courage through adversity was a beam of light! The quote by him, "Light is in us, even if we have no eyes," tells of a person, only physically was blind (age of 8 in 1932). In 1939 as a teenager, he founded a student resistance, The Volunteers of Liberty.
When Dr. Lusseyran was asked, what is your reason for loving life, only then did he find the real subject to write about his life. He said, ".... since I have maintained this love of life through everything: through infirmity, the terrors of war and even in Nazi prison. Never did it fail me, not in misfortune nor in good times, which may seem much easier but is not".
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