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Even Tough Girls Wear Tutus
by
Deborah Jiang Stein (Goodreads Author)
The story of a woman whose gift for finding purpose in life drives her to help others change their lives even as she struggles to accept and overcome her own past, born heroin addicted to a mother in prison. Her story proves we're more than the sum of our parts, and there's always a chance for redemption. Even Tough Girls Wear Tutus is about the courage and curiosity to cr...more
Paperback, 188 pages
Published
January 1st 2012
by Cell 7 Media
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Since I first became aware of the unPrison Project, I've been in awe of Deborah Jiang Stein. I've followed her every move as she gained a registered non-profit status for her work.
As soon as her book (which was in the making for ten years) hit the market, I knew I had to have it.
Born addicted to heroin, Deborah lived the first year of her life in a prison cell with her heroin-addicted mother. When her mother was sent to "the hole" for some infraction, baby Deborah also spent time in the hole.
Thi...more
As soon as her book (which was in the making for ten years) hit the market, I knew I had to have it.
Born addicted to heroin, Deborah lived the first year of her life in a prison cell with her heroin-addicted mother. When her mother was sent to "the hole" for some infraction, baby Deborah also spent time in the hole.
Thi...more
This is an intense memoir/autobiography, and brutally honest. Stein always knew she was adopted, especially since she was the only brown member of her academic and nominally Jewish family. She had great difficulty bonding with her family and was a thrill seeking (and therefore a rather naughty) child, a loner to the bone.
During one preadolescent snoop through her parent's bedroom, she discovered a letter from her mother to a lawyer asking that Deborah's birth certificate be changed to erase the...more
During one preadolescent snoop through her parent's bedroom, she discovered a letter from her mother to a lawyer asking that Deborah's birth certificate be changed to erase the...more
Deborah Jiang Stein's story could be tragic instead its empowering, it could be depressing, instead its uplifting. I finished this book in a few hours because I couldn't put it down. Brutally honest and unapologetic Deborah tells the story of finding out as a young girl that her birth mother gave birth to her while in prison and how she lived in a foster home before she came to live with her adoptive family. This information colors Deborah's life from that point forward. From her spiral into dru...more
I heard an interview with the author on NPR, and was fascinated. Unfortunately, I was really disappointed by the book itself. One thing I didn't realize is that although the author was, in fact, born in a prison, she only lived there for the first year of her life, so she doesn't actually remember it and it seems unlikely that it had any significant psychological effect directly on her. What turns out to be more important is that she was born heroin-addicted, which is very downplayed (presumably...more
Deborah writes a wonderful story explaining about her start being born in prison and how she survived.She has a few clues to the whys and wherefores and hopes to find her way as she goes. She goes through sadness and self destruction as she believes her destiny is prison like her Mom. She finds that is not her path and finally arrives as the wonderful person she turns into. A great read.
The topics were relatable for our students but the writing style didn't connect unfortunately. We had great discussion about the context/content of the book but the students had a difficult time following the story.
As an avid reader, every once in a while you’ll come across a book that touches deep in your soul and stays there, permanently etched by relatability and appreciation and admiration for its writer. Tutus is one of those books. Deborah Jiang Stein’s honesty, courage, and redemption are admired by the Mindful Readers. We joined on April 3rd, 2012, and echoed such great words about her journey heroically revealed. May Deborah never stop continuing to inspire, never stop baring her soul while encour...more
A little over halfway through her memoir, EVEN TOUGH GIRLS WEAR TUTUS, Deborah Jiang Stein writes, “How is it really possible anyone is born in prison? I have never met anyone with a story like mine…” In the pages leading up to this, a family breaks apart, a life unravels, an identity is forged through sheer determination, out of nothing, out of ashes. By the time I read her observation, I ache with the loneliness of it.
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There aren't enough good things to say about this book or the admiration I have for Deborah Jiang Stein. My review will be in the first edition of THATmag, a new magazine for women, due out November 2012.
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Probably the only book I know of told by someone born in a prison. Candid and revealing.
Just couldn't stick with it. Didn't hold my interest at all.
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