Monday's Not Coming
reviewdate:
Oct 10 2018
isn:
9780062422699
Tagged with child abuse
Paper Butterflies
reviewdate:
Jul 21 2017
isn:
9781512482416
Eleanor & Park
Why on earth is it stepmothers who have the epic bad rep, when it's stepfathers who are known to be dangerous, especially to girls? Eleanor and Park is a story of teen love where the main thing getting in the way of the kids' bliss is one of the partner's shitty home life. Eleanor lives with her mother, stepfather and four siblings, sharing a bedroom with all four of the sibs.
reviewdate:
Sep 10 2013
isn:
978-1-250-01257-9
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What Night Brings
Marci Cruz has an abusive father, a mother who is blinded by love for her husband, and wants to be a boy so she can love girls. The story can be hard to read sometimes because Eddie Cruz really is a champion cabrón (there's a ton of Spanish in the book), but seeing 11-year-old Marci and her seven-year-old sister Corin fight back is satisfying.
reviewdate:
May 11 2013
isn:
978-188068494-8
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Child’s Life and Other Stories, a
I believe I might be a bit of a prude. Gloeckner’s well-drawn graphic memoir of sexual abuse, drug abuse, and bad parenting is a little overly graphic for me, as is R. Crumb’s icky introduction. I’m sure it’s quite brilliant, but it’s not for me. It is pretty funny reading it on the subway, though, with all its nudity, especially when you board the train in a religious neighborhood.
reviewdate:
Jun 14 2011
isn:
1-883319-71-4