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- Nowhere girl : life as a member of ADHD's lost generation / by Ciccone, Carla,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Why is a generation of women only now discovering they have ADHD? In Nowhere Girls, a journalist weaves her personal story with a broader investigation into the rise of ADHD diagnoses, and explores the transformative power of finally coming to understand your own brain. When freelance science journalist Carla Ciccone became a mother, she realized she might need to finally see a therapist. Sure, she had struggled to hold down a job for most of her adult life, but she'd always made it work. But "making it work" wasn't going to cut it now that she had a human being to raise. Months into therapy, at age thirty-nine, Carla was officially diagnosed with ADHD, and she learned that she was far from alone: the number of women Carla's age who were being diagnosed with ADHD had more than doubled in recent years. In the U.S., the rate at which women between the ages of fifteen and forty-four filled ADHD medication prescriptions rose 344 percent between 2003 and 2015, with similar trends in Canada and the U.K. Worldwide, Google searches for "ADHD women" started climbing in April of 2020 and haven't come back down since. In Nowhere Girls, Ciccone recounts her experience living for decades with undiagnosed ADHD and examines the rise of diagnoses and the women who were "nowhere" -- left out of the pages of medical research that should have included them. She looks back at the classrooms of the 1990s, where mostly little boys unable to sit still were diagnosed with ADHD, shifts her gaze to the hormonal upheavals of adolescence and their unique effects on the neurochemistry of girls, and then examines her own chaotic entrance into motherhood and her desire to do right by her daughter. Throughout, she explores the science and cultural history of ADHD and considers how the hundreds of thousands of women now being diagnosed can revisit their own personal histories and navigate their way towards a steadier, happier adulthood. Written with humour and heart, Nowhere Girls is a revelatory book about a historic gap in women's health and an empowering balm for women who recognize themselves in these pages"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Ciccone, Carla; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.; Mothers; Women;
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- Children like us : a Métis woman's memoir of family, identity and walking herself home / by Penner, Brittany,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A Métis girl is adopted by a Mennonite family in this breathtaking memoir about family lost and found -- for those who loved From the Ashes, Educated and Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related. "Such a lucky child, so many remind me. To be unwanted and then adopted, how lucky. To be raised by someone who doesn't have to love you but chooses to love you -- how special." By the time Brittany Penner is seven years old, she has loved and lost twenty-one foster siblings who have come into her family and left -- all of them Indigenous like her. "When will it be my turn?" she asks her mother time and time again. "When will I be taken away?" You won't be, she is told. You're adopted. You're here to stay. You're the lucky one. Brittany was relinquished into care on the day of her birth in 1989 and adopted by a white Mennonite family in a small prairie town. Her name and where she came from are hidden from her; all she is told is that she is part-Métis. Her childhood is shaped by church, family, service and silence. Her family is continuously shapeshifting as siblings enter and leave, one by one. She knows, to stay, she has to force herself into the mould created for her. She must be obedient. Quiet. Good. No matter what. Whenever she looks in the mirror, she searches her features, wondering if they've been passed down to her by her biological mother. She thinks, if she can ever find her mother, she'll find all the answers she's looking for. As Brittany moves into adolescence and then adulthood, she will uncover answers about her roots and her identity -- but they will be more tangled than she could have imagined. Children Like Us asks difficult questions about family, identity, belonging and cultural continuity. What happens when you find what you are looking for, but it can't offer you everything you need? How do you reckon with the truth of your own story when you've always been told you're one of the "lucky ones"? What does it mean to belong when you feel torn between cultures? And how does a person learn to hold the pain and the grief, as well as the triumphs, the joys and the beauty, allowing none to eclipse the other?"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Penner, Brittany.; Penner, Brittany; Adoptees; Adoptees; Interracial adoption; Métis women; Métis;
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- Falcon Lake. by Le, Charlotte,film director.; Engel, Joseph,actor.; Gonthier, Karine,actor.; Chokri, Monia,actor.; Montpetit, Sara,actor.; Sphere Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Joseph Engel, Karine Gonthier Hyndman, Monia Chokri, Sara MontpetitOriginally produced by Sphere Films in 2022.Bastien and Chloé spend the summer with their families on the shore of a lake; it will be the summer great discoveries: teenage love, first desires, joys and sorrows of early adulthood.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Coming of age.;
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- Microhabitat. by Go-woon, Jeon,film director.; Jae-hong, Ahn,actor.; Deok-moon, Choi,actor.; Esom,actor.; Sung-wook, Lee,actor.; ECHELONSTUDIOS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ahn Jae-hong, Choi Deok-moon, Esom, Lee Sung-wookOriginally produced by ECHELONSTUDIOS in 2018.In this heartfelt drama, a spirited woman in her thirties decides to forgo a conventional lifestyle in favor of pursuing her passions. As she navigates the vibrant streets of Seoul, she embraces a minimalist existence, prioritizing her love for cigarettes and whiskey over material comforts. Reconnecting with old friends along the way, she reflects on the complexities of adulthood and the meaning of home.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Comedy films.; Romance.; Motion pictures--Korea.; Motion pictures--Asia.;
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- Young Adult Matters. by Lee, Hwan,film director.; Hee-yeon, Ahn,actor.; Yoo-mi, Lee,actor.; Abel, Ryu,actor.; ODK Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ahn Hee-yeon, Lee Yoo-mi, Ryu AbelOriginally produced by ODK Media in 2020.Se-jin, an 18-year-old girl, faces a series of tragedies in her life. From crises regarding relationships to family upheaval, the young girl gets through them with the support from a new friend, Ju-young, and two other runaway teenagers like herself. Together they try to terminate Se-jin's unwanted pregnancy, but it's not an easy mission for destitute teenagers stuck between childhood and adulthood.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Queer cinema.;
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