num_pages: 96
description: Contributions from Amy Tan, Gloria Naylor, Susan Minot, Mary Crow Dog and other leading authors focus on the experience of passing from girlhood into womanhood in the late 20th century. African, Asian, and Native American authors offer wide cultural and class diversity.Trespass (from How the Garcia girls lost their accents) / Julia Alvarez --My Lucy friend who smells like corn / Sandra Cisneros --Sins leave scars / J. California Cooper --The power of prayer / Elizabeth Cullinan --Aimlessness (from Lakota woman) / Mary Crow Dog --from Riding in cars with boys : Confessions of a bad girl who makes good / Beverly Donofrio --From Truck / Katherine Dunn --Vito loves Geraldine / Janice Eidus --Aunt Moon's young man / Linda Hogan --What means switch / Gish Jen --New African (from Sarah Phillips) / Andrea Lee --The ilui / Diane Levenberg --Mary Emmet (from To die for) / Joyce Maynard --Lust / Susan Minot --Kiswana Browne (from The women of Brewster Place) / Gloria Naylor --First love / R.A. Sasaki --Two kinds (from The Joy luck club) / Amy Tan --The way things will be / Judy Troy --Fishbone / Donna Trussell --Tears of autumn / Yoshiko Uchida --Getting the facts of life / Paulette Childress White --The miracle / Anzia Yezierska --My father's jokes / Patricia Zelver
language: English
title: Growing Up Female: Stories By Women Writers From the American Mosaic
titlecomplete: Growing Up Female: Stories By Women Writers From the American Mosaic
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Berkley