03417cam a2200517 4500 526492904 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250807779 1250807778 e707620d-030a-4a95-b91d-7133e727a60e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5715411 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Myers-Powell, Brenda. Leaving Breezy Street [Libby] : A Memoir. Macmillan Audio, 2021. empowering. Drug Addiction. inspiring. Coming of age. pimps. Prostitution. Inspirational. sexual abuse. human trafficking. Sociology. Overcoming Adversity. African American authors. sex workers. womens memoir. black women writers. west side. chicago streets. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 251MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 251MB. Biography & Autobiography. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><i>"This is a full-bodied performance, complete with salty language and harrowing situations, but listeners will love Chilton's portrayal of Breezy's determination to find her place in the world."</i> <b>— <i>Audiofile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner</i></b><br /> <b><br /> Belonging on the shelf with Jeannette Walls's <i>The Glass Castle</i> and Ishmael Beah's <i>A Long Way Gone</i>, <i>Leaving Breezy Street</i>—the stunning account of Brenda Myers-Powell's brutal and beautiful life—is a critical addition to the American canon.</b><br /> Fourteen years old, poor, Black, mother dead, two babies to feed and clothe, and a grandmother who is not full of motherly kindness, to put it mildly. What money-making options are open to a girl like Brenda Myers?<br /> When Breezy, as she came to call herself, hit the streets of Chicago as a prostitute in 1973 she was barely a teenager. But she was pretty and funny as hell, and determined to support her daughters and make a living. For the next twenty-five years, she moved across the country, finding new pimps, parties, drugs, and endless, profound heartache. And she also—astonishingly—managed to find the strength to break from a brutal world and not only save herself but save future Breezys.<br /> Great, compelling memoirs can bring us into worlds that have been beyond our comprehension and make us "get it." What these books tell us is NOT that we can all move beyond the lives into which we were born. The lesson is that everyone deserves to be truly seen by others and offered a path forward.<br /> <b>A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company</b></p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Reynolds, April. Chilton, Karen. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e707620d-030a-4a95-b91d-7133e727a60e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e707620d-030a-4a95-b91d-7133e727a60e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)