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Haydu, Corey Ann (author.).

Summary: Perfect for fans of Deb Caletti, this “powerful, absorbing, and beautiful” (Booklist) coming-of-age novel in verse follows a teen girl who connects with the women of her maternal line through their journals and comes to better understand her fraught relationship with her mother. Mimi’s relationship with her mother has always been difficult. But lately, her mother has been acting more withdrawn than usual, leaving Mimi to navigate the tricky world of turning sixteen alone. What she doesn’t expect is her mother’s advice to start journaling—just like all the woman in her family before her. It’s a tradition, she says. Expected. But Mimi takes to poetry and with it, a way to write down the realities of growing into a woman, the pains of online bullying, and the new experiences of having a boyfriend. And all in the shadows of a sexual assault case that is everywhere on the news—a case that seems to specifically rattle her mother. Trying to understand her place in the world, Mimi dives into the uncovered journals of her grandmother, great-grandmother, and beyond. She immerses herself in each of their lives, learns of their painful stories and their beautiful sprits. And as Mimi grows closer to each of these women, she starts to forge her own path. But it isn’t until her mother’s story comes to light that Mimi learns about the unyielding bonds of family and the relentless spirit of womanhood.

Record details

  • ISBN: 153443707X
  • ISBN: 9781534437074
  • ISBN: 1534437061
  • ISBN: 9781534437067
  • Physical Description: 478 pages ; 22 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2022]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
990L Lexile
Ages 14 up. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Grades 10-12. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Subject: Mothers and daughters Fiction
Sex crimes Fiction
Diaries Fiction
Genre: Novels in verse.
Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 17 of 17 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library YOUNG ADULT HAYDU (Text) 50686016269024 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Boyertown Community Library YA HAY (Text) 33249024816203 Teen Fiction Available -
Dalton Community Library YOUNG ADULT HAYDU (Text) 50689010448487 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) YA HAY (Text) 91082379 GFWM Robinson Room Available -
Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library YA FIC HAYDU (Text) 39636100439021 Young Adult Available -
Lower Macungie Library YA HAY (Text) 33400001542417 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Meyersdale Public Library YA FIC HAYDU (Text) 30512005392194 MEYM Young Adult Available -
New Castle Public Library YAF Fic Haydu (Text) 31902005452263 NWCM Young Adult Fiction Available -
Pottsville Free Public Library YA HAY (Text) 30003009091537 Young Adult Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main Teen Fiction Haydu (Text) 33223008741257 Teen Fiction Available -

Summary: While a highly publicized sexual assault case threatens to destroy her and her mother, sixteen-year-old Mimi Dovewick tries to understand their tense relationship by reaching out to the women of her maternal line through the journals they all kept.
Perfect for fans of Deb Caletti, this “powerful, absorbing, and beautiful” (Booklist) coming-of-age novel in verse follows a teen girl who connects with the women of her maternal line through their journals and comes to better understand her fraught relationship with her mother. Mimi’s relationship with her mother has always been difficult. But lately, her mother has been acting more withdrawn than usual, leaving Mimi to navigate the tricky world of turning sixteen alone. What she doesn’t expect is her mother’s advice to start journaling—just like all the woman in her family before her. It’s a tradition, she says. Expected. But Mimi takes to poetry and with it, a way to write down the realities of growing into a woman, the pains of online bullying, and the new experiences of having a boyfriend. And all in the shadows of a sexual assault case that is everywhere on the news—a case that seems to specifically rattle her mother. Trying to understand her place in the world, Mimi dives into the uncovered journals of her grandmother, great-grandmother, and beyond. She immerses herself in each of their lives, learns of their painful stories and their beautiful sprits. And as Mimi grows closer to each of these women, she starts to forge her own path. But it isn’t until her mother’s story comes to light that Mimi learns about the unyielding bonds of family and the relentless spirit of womanhood.

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