I Choose Elena

Author: Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760873772
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 109

Book Description
Aged fifteen and on track to be an Olympic gymnast, Lucia Osborne-Crowley was violently raped in Sydney on a night out, sparking a series of events that left her devastatingly ill for more than ten years of her life. Her path to healing began a decade later, when she told someone about her rape for the very first time. Lucia eventually found solace in writers like Elena Ferrante, and her work is about rediscovering vulnerability and resilience in the face of formerly unbearable trauma. The author explores what has been proved, but is not yet widely known, about how trauma affects the body, bringing to our attention its cyclical, intergenerational nature; how trauma intersects with deeply held beliefs about the credibility of women; and how trauma is played out again and again in the fabric of our cultures, governments, judicial systems and relationships. 'If you buy one book today let it be this one...It moved me to tears and to anger.' - Daisy Johnson, author of Everything Under 'This book is burrowed deep under my skin.' - Jessica Andrews, author of Saltwater

My Body Keeps Your Secrets

Author: Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Publisher: Black Spot Books
ISBN: 1911648144
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 333

Book Description
In her first full-length book, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, author of the acclaimed Mood Indigo essay I Choose Elena, writes about the secrets a woman's body keeps, from puberty to menstruation to sexual pleasure; to pregnancy or its absence; and to darker secrets of abuse, invasion or violation. Through the voices of women around the world and her own deeply moving testimony, My Body Keeps Your Secrets tells the story of the young woman's body in 2021. Moving from girlhood and adolescence to young womanhood, Osborne-Crowley establishes her credentials as a key feminist thinker of a new generation with this widely researched and boldly argued work about reclaiming our bodies in the age of social media.

Elena Vanishing

Author: Elena Dunkle
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145213068X
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303

Book Description
Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fewer calories. This is the story of a girl whose armor against anxiety becomes artillery against herself as she battles on both sides of a lose-lose war in a struggle with anorexia. Told entirely from Elena's perspective over a five-year period and cowritten with her mother, award-winning author Clare B. Dunkle, Elena's memoir is a fascinating and intimate look at a deadly disease, and a must read for anyone who knows someone suffering from an eating disorder.

When I was Elena

Author: Ellen Hiltebrand
Publisher: Permanent Press (NY)
ISBN: 9781579621247
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The author tells of her experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala in 1992, and includes stories from seven women whose lives she touched.

The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza

Author: Shaun David Hutchinson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481498568
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448

Book Description
A Junior Library Guild Selection “Surreal, brainy, and totally captivating.” —Booklist (starred review) “Provocative and moving.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Hutchinson artfully blends the realistic and the surreal.” —School Library Journal (starred review) From the critically acclaimed author of We Are the Ants and At the Edge of the Universe comes a mind-bending, riveting novel about a teen who was born to a virgin mother and realizes she has the power to heal—but that power comes at a huge cost. Sixteen-year-old Elena Mendoza is the product of a virgin birth. This can be scientifically explained (it’s called parthenogenesis), but what can’t be explained is how Elena is able to heal Freddie, the girl she’s had a crush on for years, from a gunshot wound in a Starbucks parking lot. Or why the boy who shot Freddie, David Combs, disappeared from the same parking lot minutes later after getting sucked up into the clouds. Other things that can’t be explained are the talking girl on the front of a tampon box, or the reasons that David Combs shot Freddie in the first place. As more unbelievable things occur, and Elena continues to perform miracles, the only remaining explanation is the least logical of all—that the world is actually coming to an end, and Elena is possibly the only one who can do something about it.

Choosing Happily Ever After

Author: Elena Aitken
Publisher: Elena Aitken
ISBN: 1989685110
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
USA Today Bestselling Author, Elena Aitken invites you to celebrate happily ever after in her brand new, sexy-sweet series that will make you say, “I do!” He broke her heart once. She's never given up on him. Can their hearts survive a second chance at love? Despite having her own heart broken, wedding planner Hope Turner is a diehard romantic and has dedicated herself to Ever After Ranch and happily ever afters—other peoples. For Levi Langdon there’s only ever been one woman for him. Now that he’s back in town after ten long years, he plans on proving to Hope that those feelings have only grown stronger. Just when Hope starts to believe that a second chance at love and her own happily ever after might finally be possible, devastating news puts everything at risk and Hope and Levi must both decide: is their love strong enough to survive a second time?

Umbrella

Author: Elena Arevalo Melville
Publisher: Scallywag Press
ISBN: 1915252393
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

Book Description
Clara finds an umbrella on the ground at the park and does a good deed by putting it on a bench. The umbrella says "thank you" and invites Clara to make a wish. So unfolds a magical chain of events featuring a new friend, an elephant, musical butterflies, and a naughty fox who learns his lesson. The artwork in this quirky piece of magical realism is packed with humor and character, and the surprising ending is both heart-warming and uplifting.

Elena

Author: Diane Stanley
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 9780786802562
Category : Mexican Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 55

Book Description
A Mexican American girl recounts how her mother moved the family to America during the Mexican Revolution.

The Silver Key

Author: Elena Schauwecker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610056311
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Thank You, Me

Author: Elena Reznikova
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998290300
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24

Book Description
"Thank You, Me" is an illustrated children's picture book about expressing gratitude for our bodies. Have you ever thanked your body for everything that it allows you to do? Follow along as "Thank you, Me" expresses thanks to our bodies, and say "thank you" to your eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hands, and feet. Say thanks to your brain and your lungs. And last but not least, say thanks to your heart--because that is the place where the best "thank you's" start. Go beyond the book and start your own gratitude journal! What are you thankful for, and why?