My Book of Life by Angel

Posted on 08 November 2018 by Martine Leavitt

When sixteen year old Angel meets Call at the mall, he buys her meals and says he loves her, and he gives her some candy that makes her feel like she can fly Pretty soon she s addicted to his candy, and she moves in with him As a favor, he asks her to hook up with a couple of friends of his, and then a couple Now Angel is stuck working the streets at Hastings and Main, a notorious spot in Vancouver, Canada, where the girls turn tricks until they disappear without a trace, and the authorities don t care But after her friend Serena disappears, and when Call brings home a girl who is even younger and vulnerable than her to learn the trade, Angel knows that she and the new girl have got to find a way out. Download My Book of Life by Angel Author Martine Leavitt – kino-fada.fr It s extremely difficult for most writers to tell such a deep story using only free verse poetry, but Leavitt pulls it off with flying colours Angel, a young dopesick prostitute, is trying her best to keep her apathetic pimp s newest recruit off the streets a little girl from a city group home no less , and the innocent, naive voice in the seemingly simple little verses gets the story across very effectively Under...My Book of Life by Angel was one of those books that I challenged myself to read You know the type, you see it sitting there being all of these things that are interesting but not at all what you look for in a book The type that every once in a while you make yourself pick up, just to prove that you haven t let yourself be neatly filed and categorized as a reader My Book of Life by Angel is a very recently placed Historical Fiction, set in the 1980s in Vancouver, BC It focuses on heavy issue My Book of Life by Angel was one of those books that I challenged myself to read You know the type, you see it sitting there being all of these things that are interesting but not at all what you look for in a book The type that every once in a while you make yourself pick up, just to prove that you haven t let yourself be neatly filed and categorized as a reader My Book of Life by Angel is a very recently placed Historical Fiction, set in the 1980s in Vancouver, BC It focuses on heavy issues such as drug addiction, forced prostitution, and child prostitution, all at a time when a city and its police force haveor less turned a blind eye to the many women who were going missing Additionally, it is a novel written in verse, a styl...A grim, ugly subject but a beautifully told story, poignant and full of compassion.Angel is a sixteen year old girl who needs help And she finds it She meets Call, and soon believes she is finally loved again, and believes that she found someone that truly understands her and won t leave her Angel moves in with Call, and from the day she moves in she is part of Call s business Angel is taking drugs that Call gives her and is being used by Call to make money He asks for her help in the business, asks her to be nice to some of his friends But when the friends don t stop Angel is a sixteen year old girl who needs help And she finds it She meets Call, and soon believes she is finally loved again, and believes that she found someone that truly understands her and won t leave her Angel moves in with Call, and from the day she moves in she is part of Call s business Angel is taking drugs that Call gives her and is being used by Call to make money He asks for her help in the business, asks her to be nice to some of his friends But when the friends don t stop walking through the door, what will stop Angel Angel s best friend went missing, and lots of people believe it s connected to all the other girls that have gone missing in that neighborhood Angel wants her friend to come backthan ever, but she then realizes she may never Angel is scared and wants to leave Call, saying no to his candy and doing business so he won t harm her or he...Utterly awesome Just finished reading Martine Leavitt s My Book of Life By Angel, an absolutely breath taking novel in verse, which brilliantly, hauntingly, provocatively explores the life of 16 7ear old Angel, who works the kiddie stroll in downtown Vancouver s Eastside during the Pickton murders powerful stuff indeed One thing I found especially moving is the list of names of the missing women of Vancouver s Downtown Eastside that Leavitt gives her readers at the end of the book after Utterly awesome Just finished reading Martine Leavitt s My Book of Life By Angel, an absolutely breath taking novel in verse, which bri...Sixteen year old Angel, a vulnerable teen, is coerced into drugs and prostitution by a young man she meets in a mall during a time when sex workers disappeared from Vancouver s Downtown Eastside What Angel must endure to get through every day life is heroic enough, but when Melli comes into her life, the stakes get a lot higher.Told with heart, courage, and amazing insight into emotion and human struggle, Martine Leavitt writes a story that is imp...I was surprised that I liked this book Typically, I don t enjoy books that are written in verse However, Martine Leavitt writes powerfully, her words injected with strong emotions that stick with the reader throughout the novel Angel is a girl who has fallen on hard times at a very young age After her mom passed away, Angel feels lonely and vulnerable With her father and her arguingand , Angel turns to drugs to feel better a man named Call her supplier Before long, Call convinces I was surprised that I liked this book Typically, I don t enjoy books that are written in verse However, Martine Leavitt writes powerfully, her words injected with strong emotions that stick with the reader throughout the novel Angel is a girl who has fallen on hard times at a very young age After her mom passed away, Angel feels lonely and vulnerable With her fa...I really enjoy novels in verse The good ones are propulsive The poetry invites you to linger over the way things are said, yet pushes you along to flow of the words I find it very easy to slip into the rhythm of the story in a way that rarely happens with prose fiction.National Book Award Finalist Martine Leavitt tackles tough topics in MY BOOK OF LIFE BY ANGEL, much like YA novel in verse heavy hitter Ellen Hopkins The narrator Angel is sixteen, working as a prostitute in Vancouver She ran I really enjoy novels in verse The good ones are propulsive The poetry invites you to linger over the way things are said, yet pushes you along to flow of the words I find it very easy to slip into the rhythm of the story in a way that rarely happens with prose fiction.National Book Award Finalist Martine Leavitt tackles tough topics in MY BOOK OF LIFE BY ANGEL, much like YA novel in verse heavy hitter Ellen Hopkins The narrator Angel is sixteen, working as a prostitute in Vancouver She ran away to live with her boyfriend Call, who unbeknownst to her was a pimp He got her addicted to drugs and convinced her that she wouldn t ever be welcome in her home again It s a series of events that s happened to far too many girls.Bu...When Angel is misled by Call in the dark and dangerous world of prostitution and drugs, she can t seem to see a way out Call s love and favors turned into a job, and in this book the setting mostly is the streets Angel works on She does her job, without knowing a way to do anything about it When Call brings home a Melli though, a silent 11 year old who is much to young and innocent for the business call provides, Angel knows she has to do something She protects the young girl, earning double When Angel is misled by Call in the dark and dangerous world of prostitution and drugs, she can t seem to see a way out Call s love and favors turned into a job, and ...Full disclosure I met Martine at the CLA awards in May My new book, Reluctant Journal of Henry K Larsen, was picking up an award, and so was Martine s We exchanged copies I politely told her I would read it, but secretly thought, What a harrowing topic perhaps ironic since you could say that about my book, too This is just an incredible, beautiful, painful, absorbing read I am quite frankly blown away by Martine s talent She immerses me in...

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08 November 2018

Martine Leavitt