Broken China |
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| Author:
| Williams, Lori Aurelia |
| ISBN: | 978-0-689-86878-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2005 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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I always did right by Amina even though it was sometimes major difficult to take care of a daughter that I loved with all my heart, but never wanted in the first place.China Cup Cameron might miss school or fall asleep in class sometimes, but she's trying hard to be a good mother to Amina, her two-year-old daughter. When tragedy befalls the small family, China must quit school and work full-time to make ends meet. But the only place in town that's willing to hire a fourteen-year-old...
More DescriptionI always did right by Amina even though it was sometimes major difficult to take care of a daughter that I loved with all my heart, but never wanted in the first place.China Cup Cameron might miss school or fall asleep in class sometimes, but she's trying hard to be a good mother to Amina, her two-year-old daughter. When tragedy befalls the small family, China must quit school and work full-time to make ends meet. But the only place in town that's willing to hire a fourteen-year-old high-school dropout is Obsidian Queens, a strip club, and China is forced to make some difficult and potentially self-destructive decisions.Through China's harrowing, emotionally resonant story, for which Lori Aurelia Williams won the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship while it was still a work-in-progress, the author ofWhen Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptunecreates a window into the all-too-real world of a teen mother faced with unthinkable choices.