Shout : the true story of a survivor who refused to be silenced/ by Laurie Halse Anderson.
By: Anderson, Laurie Halse [author.]
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BookPublisher: New York : Penguin Books [2019]Description: 291 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780142422205.Other title: Shout : a poetry memoir.Subject(s): Anderson, Laurie Halse -- Poetry | Anderson, Laurie Halse -- Juvenile poetry | Anderson, Laurie Halse -- Poetry | Anderson, Laurie Halse | Rape victims -- Biography -- Poetry | Women authors -- Biography -- Poetry | Rape victims -- Biography -- Juvenile poetry | Women authors -- Biography -- Juvenile poetry | Rape victims -- Poetry | Women authors -- Poetry | Rape victims | Women authors | Rape victimsGenre/Form: Young adult nonfiction. | Poetry. | Autobiographies.DDC classification: AC-F Summary: "Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. Searing and soul-searching, this important memoir is a denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #MeToo and #TimesUp, whether aloud, online, or only in their own hearts. Shout speaks truth to power in a loud, clear voice-- and once you hear it, it is impossible to ignore."--Publisher's description.Summary: When she was thirteen years old, Anderson was a shy, bookish girl who was raped by a boy she trusted. She has since become known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed in the years since, she has written a poetry memoir that shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. -- adapted from jacket
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"Bestselling author of Speak"--Dust jacket.
"Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. Searing and soul-searching, this important memoir is a denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #MeToo and #TimesUp, whether aloud, online, or only in their own hearts. Shout speaks truth to power in a loud, clear voice-- and once you hear it, it is impossible to ignore."--Publisher's description.
When she was thirteen years old, Anderson was a shy, bookish girl who was raped by a boy she trusted. She has since become known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed in the years since, she has written a poetry memoir that shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. -- adapted from jacket
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