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020			_a9781577310846
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050			_aPN6071.G53
082			_a920.72
100	1		_aGina Misiroglu
245	1		_aGirls Like Us: Forty Extraordinary Women Celebrate Girlhood in Story, Poetry, and Song
260			_bNew World Library
300			_a224 pages
520			_aWe all have moments from childhood that were turning points -- people and events that molded our perceptions of ourselves and our lives. In Girls Like Us, 40 accomplished, influential women share these inspiring moments from their own childhoods and teenage years. Novelist Amy Tan explores the life of a young girl and her relationship to her mother in The Joy Luck Club; Faye Wattleton describes how a checkered and difficult childhood shaped her into the determined leader she is today; In Paula, Isabel Allende tells of her parents' priceless gift in encouraging her to express her creativity. The book also includes photographs of some of the contributors at the age they appear in their stories, as well as brief biographies of each.
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