Gutter Kid

2021-08-26 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Keta Loren
Release : 2021-08-26
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 644/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Gutter Kid written by Keta Loren. This book was released on 2021-08-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years in foster care, ejected from the juvenile justice system, addicted to drugs, a victim of human trafficking-all before she was 19. Gutter Kid is a poignant and brutally honest memoir that chronicles the life of songwriter Keta Loren. In it, she chronicles a life fueled by a hard-fought battle for survival. In her own words, Keta took a road outlined by statistical averages of young women groomed and manipulated by predators and failed systems, survived and eventually fought her way to the other side. A cautionary tale in some respects, this story is also one of perseverance, determination, true grit, defiance, and ultimately, triumph for a young woman whom society had cast aside as just another sad statistic. It chronicles her transformation despite the hardships and abject cruelty she endured. This heartfelt, inspirational tale is filled with hope, pride, and determination. It proves that there is light in every journey. Read Gutter Kid and read this remarkable story of survival!

Gutter Child

2021-01-26 Fiction

Author : Jael Richardson
Release : 2021-01-26
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 833/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Gutter Child written by Jael Richardson. This book was released on 2021-01-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER Finalist for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award Cityline Book Club Pick “A deep, unflinching yet loving look at injustice and power.” —Chatelaine “A powerful and unforgettable novel” (Quill and Quire, starred review) about a young woman who must find the courage to secure her freedom and determine her own future Set in an imagined world in which the most vulnerable are forced to buy their freedom by working off their debt to society, Gutter Child uncovers a nation divided into the privileged Mainland and the policed Gutter. As part of a social experiment led by the Mainland government, Elimina Dubois is one of just one hundred babies taken from the Gutter and raised in the land of opportunity. But when her Mainland mother dies, Elimina finds herself alone, a teenager forced into an unfamiliar life of servitude, unsure of who she is and where she belongs. Sent to an academy with new rules and expectations, Elimina befriends children who are making their own way through the Gutter System in whatever way they know how. But when her life takes yet another unexpected turn, Elimina will discover that what she needs more than anything may not be the freedom she longed for after all. Gutter Child reveals one young woman’s journey through a fractured world of heartbreaking disadvantages and shocking injustices. As a modern heroine in an altered but all-too-recognizable reality, Elimina must find the strength within herself to forge her future in defiance of a system that tries to shape her destiny.

Gutter Child

2020-06-03 Fiction

Author : Jeremy Bursey
Release : 2020-06-03
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Gutter Child written by Jeremy Bursey. This book was released on 2020-06-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eat your vegetables. Brush your teeth. Trust your history. And, remember, don’t ask stupid questions. At what point does a lie become the truth? When does that truth become a lie? On the day that he moves off to college, it seems Jimmy Grogan’s entire family history becomes a lie. But is that true? For eighteen years, Jimmy has had the perfect life. His parents feed him. His girlfriend, Melanie, smiles at him a lot. He even gains acceptance into the (twentieth) university of his choice despite his poor high school performance. But when the big day comes to move out of his idyllic home and enter college-grade adulthood, the mover points him toward a secret that he has somehow missed all of these years: He is adopted, or so his sister’s autobiography suggests. Jimmy’s illusions suddenly come crashing down when he realizes his parents may have been lying to him since infancy. But is his sister’s story true? Or is she playing the most heinous prank in the history of pranks? Even as he sits alone in his new dorm five hours away from home, separated from the evidence he needs to solve the mystery, he is determined to uncover the truth about who’s been lying to him, even if it means driving him and his family apart. But the question still lingers: Should he take his aunt’s advice and just leave it alone? What does she know that he doesn’t? Gutter Child is the tragicomical story of what happens when we allow ignorance to define us, reality to side-wind us, and obsession to change us while learning the hard truth that growing up sucks.

Gutter Kid

2021-08-26 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Keta Loren
Release : 2021-08-26
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 651/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Gutter Kid written by Keta Loren. This book was released on 2021-08-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Memoir of a born statistic's rise from the ashes

High Achiever

2019-06-18 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Tiffany Jenkins
Release : 2019-06-18
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 938/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book High Achiever written by Tiffany Jenkins. This book was released on 2019-06-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An up-close portrait of the mind of an addict and a life unraveled by narcotics—a memoir of captivating urgency and surprising humor that puts a human face on the opioid crisis. “Raw, brutal, and shocking. Move over, Orange Is the New Black.”—Amy Dresner, author of My Fair Junkie When word got out that Tiffany Jenkins was withdrawing from opiates on the floor of a jail cell, people in her town were shocked. Not because of the twenty felonies she’d committed, or the nature of her crimes, or even that she’d been captain of the high school cheerleading squad just a few years earlier, but because her boyfriend was a Deputy Sherriff, and his friends—their friends—were the ones who’d arrested her. A raw and twisty page-turning memoir that reads like fiction, High Achiever spans Tiffany’s life as an active opioid addict, her 120 days in a Florida jail where every officer despised what she’d done to their brother in blue, and her eventual recovery. With heart-racing urgency and unflinching honesty, Jenkins takes you inside the grips of addiction and the desperate decisions it breeds. She is a born storyteller who lived an incredible story, from blackmail by an ex-boyfriend to a soul-shattering deal with a drug dealer, and her telling brims with suspense and unexpected wit. But the true surprise is her path to recovery. Tiffany breaks through the stigma and silence to offer hope and inspiration to anyone battling the disease—whether it’s a loved one or themselves.

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