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Now in its fifth edition, this successful journal is written by South African girls and women who have been the victims of abuse—and their contest-winning poems, short stories, and personal essays come from established writers as well as fresh new talents. Based on the idea that creative writing aids the healing process, these selections describe the struggle to survive, the difficulty of reconciling past and present lives, and the enduring nature of the human spirit.

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Written by a talented and diverse group of South African women, this collection conveys love in its various forms: romantic love, love of family, love of friends, and love of community—all of which have the power to transform, like revolution, in ways never imagined. Candid and touching, it bares the personal accounts of abuse and survival experienced by the contributors through poetry, short stories, and essays. As it celebrates creative writing as a healing tool, this record gives the women of South Africa a voice.

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