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Leaving Breezy Street : a memoir / Brenda Myers-Powell with April Reynolds.
"Leaving Breezy Street is the account of a woman who had to make the best out of tough situations and limited options. A testimony on how the cycle of abuse can be perpetuated-but also broken. Proof of the transformation power of love between biological and chosen family. This is the raw truth of what American life can be like for so many people"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780374151690 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: x, 274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 305.48896073 Myers | 31681010241586 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Brenda Myers-Powell has been advocating for victims of sex trafficking since 1997. She is the co-founder and executive director of the Dreamcatcher Foundation, and has sat on the board of numerous organizations. In 2020, she was selected to serve on the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. Brendaâs work with Dreamcatcher and victims was the focus of the Sundance Awardâwinning documentary Dreamcatcher.
April Reynolds teaches philosophy and creative writing at New York University. Her first novel, Knee-Deep in Wonder was published by Metropolitan Books and received a Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Award.
