Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets, One Helping Hand at a Time [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
Language: English
Published by Viking, 2012
- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Near fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket is fine. Book has minor toning to the edges of the pageblock. Phelps is an attorney and advocate for sexually exploited runaway children and homeless youth, the subject of the award-winning documentary, ‘Carissa’, directed by David Sauvage and produced by Davis Guggenheim, Chad Troutwine, and Jamie McCourt. she eventually graduated with an MBA and a J.D. degree from UCLA. She is the founder of Runaway Girl, Inc., which advocates for runaway and homeless youth, while providing training for organizations to effectively reach out and address homelessness and human trafficking. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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- Title
- Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets, One Helping Hand at a Time [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
- Author
- Phelps, Carissa
- Publisher
- Viking
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0670023728
- ISBN 13
- 9780670023721
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
A School Library Journal Best Adult Book for Teens
A Joan F. Kaywell Award Finalist from the Florida Council of Teachers of English
Carissa Phelps was a runner. By the time she was twelve, she had run away from home, dropped out of school, and fled blindly into the arms of a brutal pimp. Even when she escaped him, she could not outrun the crushing inner pain of abuse, neglect, and abandonment. With little to hope for, she expected to end up in prison, or worse. But then her life was transformed through the unexpected kindness of a teacher and a counselor. Through small miracles, Carissa accomplished the unimaginable, graduating from UCLA with both a law degree and an MBA. She left the streets behind, yet found herself back, this time working to help homeless and at-risk youth discover their own paths to a better life. Like the multimillion-copy bestseller The Glass Castle, this memoir moves us through the power of its unflinching candor and generosity.
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About the Author
An attorney, motivational speaker, and youth advocate, Carissa Phelps works as part of a global collective to help local and international survivors of sex trafficking rebuild their lives. Her life story was the subject of the award-winning documentary "Carissa." She lives in San Luis Obispo, California.
Larkin Warrens essays and articles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Glamour, More, and Good Housekeeping. Among her recent book collaborations are Mary Forsberg Weilands Fall to Pieces and Elyn R. Sakss bestselling The Center Cannot Hold.
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