{"product_id":"i-am-not-a-juvenile-delinquent-how-poetry-changed-a-group-of-at-risk-young-women-lessons-in-rehabilitation-and-letting-it-go-paperback","title":"I Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent: How Poetry Changed a Group of At-Risk Young Women (Lessons in Rehabilitation and Letting It Go) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSharon Charde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLetting It Go-A Bereaving Mother, Delinquent Girls, and the Power of Rehabilitative Poetry Therapy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Anyone who has suffered and cares about our world (that probably includes everyone) will be moved and changed by this book.\" ―\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Lesser\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eBroken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExperience the poignant real-life story of how author Sharon Charde was saved by her relationship with incarcerated young women at Touchstone, a residential all-female treatment center in Litchfield, Connecticut. And, learn how these young women-confined for crimes such as using drugs, truancy, assault, prostitution, and running away-were rehabilitated by their poetry teacher.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLetting go of grief and loss by writing poetry as therapy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cem\u003eI Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent \u003c\/em\u003eis a book for fans of the acclaimed movie \u003cem\u003eStand and Deliver\u003c\/em\u003e. After the death of her child, a grief-stricken psychotherapist, teacher, and writer volunteers as a poetry teacher at a residential treatment facility for \"delinquent\" girls. Here, their mutual support nourishes and enriches each other, though not without large quantities of drama and recalcitrance. As Sharon and the girls share their losses through weekly writing, they came to realize their unlimited potential and poetic talents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHealing from trauma. \u003c\/b\u003eHealing can come in surprising ways across age and social class, as it did for both the girls and Sharon. But what happens when Sharon finally grasps that the most challenging experiences are the best teachers? Narrated in five parts, the book also contains poems written by the girls, as well as excerpts from their writing, Sharon's son's writing, and her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you have read books such as \u003cem\u003eWhy are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFor White Folks Who Teach in the Hood\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Freedom Writers Diary\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBetween the World and Me\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSo You Want to Talk about Race\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eReviving Ophelia\u003c\/em\u003e; you will love \u003cem\u003eI Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335515607277,"sku":"9781642502138","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/fIHJpsgkNf9781642502138.webp?v=1785041868","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/i-am-not-a-juvenile-delinquent-how-poetry-changed-a-group-of-at-risk-young-women-lessons-in-rehabilitation-and-letting-it-go-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}