{"id":4009,"date":"2012-02-29T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/?p=4009"},"modified":"2012-02-29T08:00:15","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T13:00:15","slug":"staff-recommendation-girlchild-by-tupelo-hassman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=4009","title":{"rendered":"Staff Recommendation: Girlchild by Tupelo Hassman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_4_1_1_1330370547932_7289\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/girlchild.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4010 alignleft\" title=\"girlchild\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/girlchild.jpg?w=200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/girlchild.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/girlchild-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Rory Hendrix is the least likely of Girl Scouts. She hasn\u2019t got a troop or even a badge to call her own.\u00a0 But she\u2019s checked the Handbook out from the elementary school library so many times that her name fills all the lines on the card, and she pores over its surreal advice (Disposal of Outgrown Uniforms; The Right Use of Your Body; Finding Your Way When Lost) for tips to get off the Calle:\u00a0 that is, Calle de los Flores, the Reno trailer park where she lives with her mother, Jo, the sweet-faced, hard-luck bartender at the Truck Stop.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_4_1_1_1330370547932_7310\">Rory\u2019s been told she is \u201cthird generation in a line of apparent imbeciles, feeble-minded bastards surely on the road to whoredom.\u201d But she\u2019s determined to prove the County and her own family wrong. Brash, sassy, vulnerable, wise, and terrified, she struggles with her mother\u2019s habit of trusting the wrong men, and the mixed blessing of being too smart for her own good. From diary entries, social worker\u2019s reports, half-recalled memories, story problems, arrest records, family lore, Supreme Court opinions, and her grandmother\u2019s letters, Rory crafts a devastating collage that shows us her world while she searches for the way out of it. <em>Girlchild<\/em> is a heart-stopping and original debut.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Staff Review:<br \/>\nI was surprised at how much I liked [this book]. It covers very difficult ground, and does it in a non-traditional way, but I think it works well even for people like me who don&#8217;t generally like that kind of writing. The main character, Rory Dawn, has such heart, intelligence, humor, and spirit, and the other characters are so well drawn, that I think this book will stay with me for a long time. I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innopac.noblenet.org\/record=b3162338~S50\"><em><strong>Check the catalog for Girlchild<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Rory Hendrix is the least likely of Girl Scouts. 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