ENGLISH

Ordinary hazards

By Grimes , Nikki

Book information

Publisher
Wordsong;Thinkingdom
ISBN
9781629798813, 9781635923476, 1629798819, 1635923476
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
7 MB (6835944 bytes)
Pages
325\0
Time added
2020-12-05 07:46:09
Poetry;Autobiography;Memoir;Nonfiction;Biography;Y

Description

In her own voice, author and poet Nikki Grimes explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a memoir in verse.Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a piece of paper late one night - and discovered the magic and impact of writing. For many years, Nikki's notebooks were her most enduing companions. In this memoir, Nikki shows how the power of those words helped her conquer the hazards - ordinary and extraordinary - of her life.

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