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Books That Made a Difference

Books That Made a Difference. t o Mr. Somers. The Best Little Girl in the World by Steven Levenkron. This book is about a teenaged girl with eating disorders. I had eating disorders as a teen. This book gave a name to my experience. I didn’t seek therapy after reading

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Books That Made a Difference

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  1. Books That Made a Difference to Mr. Somers

  2. The Best Little Girl in the World by Steven Levenkron This book is about a teenaged girl with eating disorders. I had eating disorders as a teen. This book gave a name to my experience. I didn’t seek therapy after reading this book, but at least I understood who I was and what I was doing.

  3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Singsby Maya Angelou I read this in my ENG 111 class. I could imagine what it must have been like to grow up poor and black in the South during the Depression, but this memoir made it disturbingly real. Maya Angelou’s writing is honest and poetic, and this book moved me deeply.

  4. Writing Down the Bonesby Natalie Goldberg Before reading this book, I hadn’t really understood that writing is a practice, and that to improve, I had to practice. I had to write. And I had to tell my monkey mind to just shut up when I wrote. I didn’t have to produce brilliance. I could write the worst garbage in the world and it was okay. I didn’t have to be perfect. It was a real thrill for me to meet her and be taught by her in Charleston, South Carolina, this past May. A definite highlight for me!

  5. Beloved by Toni Morrison There is no way I can describe this book and do it justice. I will say that the institution of slavery forced enslaved women to make some desperate, deadly choices to protect their children. I had to read this book twice to really understand it, and it’s the first book I finished in the bath tub that made me cry. I cried for at least a half hour, right there in the tub. I felt devastated, but in a good way.

  6. Crankby Ellen Hopkins I’ve read many books, but hardly have I ever been so amazed by a writer. This book is written in verse – poetry! Each chapter is a poem. Incredible! And the story is solid. It’s about a teen girl who gets hooked on meth, and what happens to her once she’s addicted is harrowing and heart-wrenching. It’s based on the author’s daughter’s life. It’s the whole art-imitating-life thing, and it is simply brilliant.

  7. The Vagina Monologuesby Eve Ensler Plays are books. Eve Ensler interviewed women about their experiences being women – the joys, the pain, the humor – and the result is The Vagina Monologues. I am a V-Man, an advocate for ending violence against women and girls. I co-directed TVM two years ago as part of V-Week @ Delta, and our shows were standing-room only. We raised over $3,000 in one day to donate to local women’s shelters. This play made it possible. Ensler wrote the truth, and every time I read the monologues, I’m moved. Writing has the power of truth in it.

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