Terrie Williams (1)
Autore di Stay Strong : Simple Life Lessons for Teens
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Sull'Autore
Terrie Williams is the president of The Terrie Williams Agency, and founder of The Stay Strong Foundation, a youth organization. She lives in New York City
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- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 307
- Popolarità
- #76,700
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 21
- Lingue
- 1
The message isn't a bad one; the author uses a lot of cliches, but if her audience is mainly teens, they might be hearing them for the first time. (And of course, cliches are cliches for a reason...) She attempts to reach out to teens in their own language (well, the language of 2001); it's a decent result. She name-drops constantly, but that may be effective, even necessary; a random author without a platform or any cultural weight probably wouldn't have been published in the first place.
This is superficial, but I found the design of the book to be glaringly awful - especially the bold sans-serif font on a middle-gray background for block quotes, and chapter headings along the sides of the pages instead of on top. Maybe it works for younger readers...?
p. 27 "We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." -quoted from Every Woman Has a Story
p. 84 "Everybody has bad days. It's how we respond to them that makes a difference."
p. 111 "And I wanna see a reflection / that stands up to inspection" -Sharita Hunt
p. 114 "Courage is not acting in the absence of fear, it's acting in the presence of fear."
p. 139 "Using manners or being considerate means putting aside our own immediate gratification to accomodate others. It is also about how you, in turn, expect or want to be treated."… (altro)