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A World Like This is the story of Brandy, a
seventeen-year-old ex-con who wants to
become simply ordinary. In a struggle mat
Is both poignagtand brave, she tries to
become the kind of person wno can find
love and Keep it in a world dead set
against her.
After her release from Bullwood Hall, a
prtson for minors Brandy is caught n a
clash between the behavior she learned
to help net survive "inside" and me
behavior demanded of ner By life on the
outside. She soon discovers that her
tougn, streetwise ways jeopardize her bid
for free(tom n a world that pretends to De
benign but is, in many ways. as sinister as
me one she knew behind bars.
As Brandy struggles with her new
freedom she is helped by the lessons she
learned from ner romantic relanonsnl 9
wire Roanna Reardon a pnson guard at
Butlwooo Hall wno is ostensibly on me
side of the law. Brandy s expenence with
Reardon helps her evaluate me nazy line
between right and wrong as she pits her-
self against the traps of class, gender, and
c rcumstance waiting to ambush in
her pursuit of an ordinary life
A World Like This is a profound and
mowng nove Helen Benedict does not
shirk the responsibilities of writing in a
dangerous and untamaBle t me She
deft y creates a modernworld el fractured
tenderness and tougnness, exposing me
hypocrisy of hope, yet never forgetting tne
human capacity for caring. Brandy is a
nero for an empty world. A World Like This
is an important literary debut .
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A World Like This 在線電子書 pdf 下載 txt下載 epub 下載 mobi 下載 2024