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Bezig met laden... Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streetsdoor Carissa Phelps
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In this book is a story of triumph and a fierce determination to give back. The author was a runner. By twelve, she had run away from home, dropped out of school, and fled blindly into the arms of a brutal pimp, who made her walk the hard streets of central California. But even when she escaped him, she could not outrun the crushing inner pain of abuse, neglect, and abandonment. With little to hope for, she expected to end up in prison, or worse. But then her life was transformed through the unexpected kindness of a teacher and a counselor. Miraculously, by the time she turned thirty, she had accomplished the unimaginable, graduating from UCLA with both a law degree and an MBA. She had left the streets behind, yet her path would eventually draw her back, this time working to help homeless and at-risk youth find their own paths to a better life. This is her own story, the tale of a girl who lost herself and survived, against all odds, through the generosity of strangers. It is an inspiring true story about finding the courage to run toward healing and summoning the strength to light the way for others. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)362.74Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Social problems of & services to groups of people Child welfare At-risk children and youthLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.2)
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True story by a young woman who left a neglectful, abusive family to live on the streets when she was very young. Phelps tells us the details of how she got caught up in prostitution, how she landed in one institution or another, and finally how one of the counselors in a youth institution believed in her enough to help her start believing in herself.
Not without some slips, she strove to get an education and became a lawyer working for homeless and at-risk youth.
It's certainly an inspiring story. Like others I have read that have an undertone of God in them, this one feels a little lacking. I wanted something more and I think I know what it is. It is clear from how Carissa was treated as a young girl that a great many people in the youth-treatment industry give up far too soon. They assume they are all "bad kids" and point to their arrests and other misdeeds as proof without looking beyond those to ask "how did you get here?" That was the question that the counselor, Ron, had asked Phelps. I feel we are asking the wrong questions and that while this was emphasized in this book it needs to be its own book.
Worth reading for the details. Also of note: Carissa spent some time living where I do, so there is a little bit of a local aspect to the story. (