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This was an okay book. However, with probably just as many inner-city girls here is the good old US of A (LA, NY, DC, Chicago, Philly, Detroit to name just a few) why not look in our own back yard for young girls to help out of poverty, depression, homelessness & give them a chance to express themselves, gain confidence in themselves & maybe go to college when it was thought not possible. I'm not impressed by those, like Ms. Burge, who think they have to go to another country to accomplish what
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A good look at the girls of South Africa who formed a writing group with a Fulbright scholar. I did like the balanced look at their lives, and wanted to know more about each girl!
Feb 01, 2016
Kit
marked it as to-read
Feb 10, 2016
Kestrel
marked it as backlog
