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Pieces of a Girl

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Pieces of a Girl is a raw and bold YA memoir about abuse and addiction, and the power of expression and community that helped author Stephanie Kuehnert survive and thrive. In this memoir, Stephanie Kuehnert, known for Ballads of Suburbia and her contributions to Rookie, shares... Read More
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A raw and bold YA memoir about abuse and addiction, and the power of expression and community that helped author Stephanie Kuehnert survive and thrive.

A raw and bold YA memoir about abuse and addiction, and the power of expression and community that helped author Stephanie Kuehnert survive and thrive.

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Pieces of a Girl is a raw and bold YA memoir about abuse and addiction, and the power of expression and community that helped author Stephanie Kuehnert survive and thrive.

In this memoir, Stephanie Kuehnert, known for Ballads of Suburbia and her contributions to Rookie, shares her journey. Told through varied narrative styles, including journal entries, original illustrations, and pages taken directly from her diaries and zines, this memoir recounts Stephanie's life as a struggling outsider.

She details her survival from substance and relationship abuse and how she emerged as a strong young woman, after years stuck in a cycle that often felt inescapable.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780147517715

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 March 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Dutton Books for Young Readers

Illustration: B&W ART AND PHOTOS THROUGHOUT

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 369g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Stephanie Kuehnert got her start writing bad poetry about unrequited love and razor blades in eighth grade. In high school, she discovered punk rock and produced several D.I.Y. feminist zines. She received her MFA in creative writing from Columbia College Chicago. Her first YA novel, I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone was published by MTV Books in July 2008, and her second, Ballads of Suburbia was published in July 2009. In addition to writing novels, she is a teacher and was a staff writer for ROOKIE, an online magazine for teenage girls. Stephanie lives in Seattle with her husband and two cats.

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