Bøger af Erin Brown

A heart wrenching depiction of growing up female. The author unravels the effects of abuse, silence, beauty obsession, and shame while finding a path out. Revealing the possibility of creating space for our own values to emerge and allowing the same for one another. She envisions a reality with room for us each to safely explore our identities, our ideas, and our lives. Laying her experience bare that we might see ourselves in our common struggles so we can choose to systematically challenge the narratives that bind us. This poem is a first edition, the second will contain a collective of voices.

A series of essays written from Mother to daughter, this is part memoir and part lessons to live by. The author's aim is to empower her daughter both with what she has learned and with honest stories of who her mother is and where she has been. All written years before her daughter would enter her teens- in an effort to write these stories before she needs them. A gift for when she might benefit from her mother's words most and ask for them least. Sincere, sweet and at times achingly vulnerable, it promises to be a book you return to again and again. As it bucks cultural expectations on growing up girl, Letters to Lola is meant to be shared with the young women in your life and inspire important conversations about being a woman and living well. *Recommended reading first before sharing with younger readers due to some chapters with mature content.

The Paper Tiger"So ya think ya got what it takes to be a clown in my circus, kid?" Those words marked the beginning of the Kid's new life. They were his ticket out of Newton, New Jersey and away from the Emiliani Home for Boys. "Ya need a circus name if yer gonna ride with us," Boris explained through another cloud of smoke. "Yer name's gonna be 'Kid', kid. Got that?" Boris's eyes once more peered doggedly at Mark.As the Kid pairs up with Keyman to learn the ropes of circus life, he discovers the working world does not come with a safety net. Mark Baxter joined Circus Magnificó as an untested youth, but over the course of the summer learned what it takes to survive as a man.

"As Is" is the result of years of introspective work to undo the author's lifetime of body image issues. In an effort to love herself "as is," the book takes us through a series of misconceptions and thinking errors she had to address to find a peaceful home in her skin. Part memoir, part advice, the book is comprised of 21 mindful shifts toward body peace. Straight forward and heart felt, "As Is" aims to change the way you look at your body forever.