Skid dogs
(Book)
Author
Published
Madeira Park, British Columbia : Douglas & McIntyre, 2023.
Format
Book
ISBN
9781771623643, 1771623640
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 23 cm
Status
Description
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Paris Carnegie Public Library - Young Adult Non-Fiction - Young Adult Shelves | YA921 Sym | In-Process |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Authors, Canadian -- 21st century -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Female friendship.
Female gangs -- British Columbia.
Nineteen nineties.
Rape culture -- British Columbia.
Symington-Fedy, Emelia -- Childhood and youth.
Symington-Fedy, Emelia.
Teenage girls -- British Columbia -- Biography.
Women -- Crimes against -- British Columbia.
Women authors, Canadian -- 21st century -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Female friendship.
Female gangs -- British Columbia.
Nineteen nineties.
Rape culture -- British Columbia.
Symington-Fedy, Emelia -- Childhood and youth.
Symington-Fedy, Emelia.
Teenage girls -- British Columbia -- Biography.
Women -- Crimes against -- British Columbia.
Women authors, Canadian -- 21st century -- Biography.
More Details
Published
Madeira Park, British Columbia : Douglas & McIntyre, 2023.
Language
English
ISBN
9781771623643, 1771623640
Notes
Description
"A raw and riveting coming-of-age story about the wild love of teenage friendships and the casual oppression of 1990s rape culture. Emelia Symington-Fedy grew up with her girl gang on the railroad tracks of a small town in British Columbia. Unsupervised and wild, the girls explored the power and shortcomings of "best" friendships and their growing sexuality. Two decades later an eighteen-year-old girl is murdered on Halloween on the same tracks, and Emelia returns to her hometown to stay with her mother, who is fearful of a murderer at large. While the media narrows its focus on how the girl dared be alone on the tracks, Symington-Fedy slowly comes to terms with the mistreatment of her own teenage body. Giving a bold and often darkly humorous first-hand account of nineties rape culture and the sexual coercion that still permeates girlhood, Symington-Fedy holds her hometown close and accountable and exposes the subtle ways that misogyny shows up daily. Award-winning poet and author Aislinn Hunter describes Skid Dogs as a "riveting, raucous and tender look at growing up a girl in a boy's world. [...] Beautifully written and bravely told, this book is the Stand By Me for girls that's been far too long in coming."--,Provided by publisher.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Symington-Fedy, E. (2023). Skid dogs . Douglas & McIntyre.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Symington-Fedy, Emelia. 2023. Skid Dogs. Douglas & McIntyre.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Symington-Fedy, Emelia. Skid Dogs Douglas & McIntyre, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Symington-Fedy, Emelia. Skid Dogs Douglas & McIntyre, 2023.
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