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    Dear Girl
    Dear Girl
    Dear Girl
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    Dear Girl

    By Aija Mayrock

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    From a poet and celebrated spoken-word performer comes a debut poetry collection that takes readers on an empowering, lyrical journey exploring truth, silence, wounds, healing, and the resilience we all share.
    Dear Girl is a journey from girlhood to womanhood through poetry
    It is the search for truth in silence
    The freeing of the tongue
    It is deep wounds and deep healing
    And the resilience that lies within us
    It is a love letter
    To the sisterhood
     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrews McMeel Publishing
    Release dateAug 25, 2020
    ISBN9781524862466

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      Book preview

      Dear Girl - Aija Mayrock

      is a journey from girlhood to womanhood through poetry

      It is the search for truth in silence

      The freeing of the tongue

      It is deep wounds and deep healing

      And the resilience that lies within us

      It is a love letter to the sisterhood

      is not a memoir, but rather an exploration of the inherent resilience we all share.

      The Search for Truth in Silence

      The Freeing of the Tongue

      Deep Wounds, Deep Healing

      With Love

      To the Sisterhood

      The words that pour from my lips now

      come from lips that were sealed

      far too many years.

      Drown the world in what they do not wish to hear.

      That which they do not wish to hear

      is truth.

      In the quiet of the night

      I hear my story.

      Not my thoughts,

      my truth.

      The tethers to my ancestors,

      the silk web to my future children.

      I hear my birth and my death;

      I hear my story

      and I realize

      it’s not just my story—

      it’s the story of the ages.

      How we walk gently between

      now and eternity.

      Dear Girl,

      you ask me what

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