Girlbomb : A Halfway Homeless Memoir (Paperback)

from goldiebear

I really enjoyed this book. I kind of wish I would have read this book first, before I read Have You Found Her. (I LOVED have you found her.) I think If would have read this first, it would have made Have You Found Her even better for me. Anyhow, besides that this book was fascinating. I love mem...

from chorn369

Janet Erlbaum left home rather than face possible physical abuse by her mother's lover. She lands in the frayed New York City child services safety net. Her first stop is a group home where she's preyed upon because she's one of the few white girls, and not nearly as streetwise as the other resid...

from mckait

It is simply extraordinary that the author is able to write so dispassionately about her own life. This is a revealing story about a young girl who made many dramatic choices, and so many of them poor and life altering. In this coming of age memoir that reads like a novel, Erlbaum relates how she...

from BinnieBee

Absolutely loved this book! Received a free copy from the publisher as an early reviewer of Erlbuam's book "Have You Found Her". I could not put GirlBomb down until I had finished it.

from mzonderm

I'm kind of glad that I read Janice Erlbaum's second memoir, Have You Found Her, first. It allowed me to read her first one and not have to worry too much that she got seriously hurt. Or went crazy, which is what I think I would have done in her circumstances. Instead, Erlbaum left home, and turn...