One Strong Girl is a mother's vivid account of what it is like to lose her daughter, India, to a rare debilitating disease. The story is a bold description of what it means to deal with deep sorrow and still find balance and beauty in an age steeped in the denial of death. At ten, India climbed the highest on the rope at gymnastics, yet by sixteen was so weak she was unable to even dress herself. The narrative follows the six-year fight for answers from the medical community. Finally, after the genetic testing of India's DNA, it was discovered there were two mutations on her ASAH1 gene, a deadly combination. Today her cells are alive in a research lab at the University of Ottawa. This is a legacy that cuts both ways, a point of pride and pain. One Strong Girl is a story of what it's like to outlive an only child. It describes the intensity of loving a dying child and most importantly, the joy to be found, even amidst the sorrow.

A mother’s award–winning account of what it’s like to lose a daughter to a rare debilitating disease. One Strong Girl is a bold description of what it means to deal with deep sorrow and still find balance and beauty in an age steeped in the denial of death. At ten, India climbed the highest on the rope at gymnastics, yet by sixteen was so weak she was unable to even dress herself. The narrative follows the six-year fight for answers from the medical community. Finally, after the genetic testing of India’s DNA, it was discovered there were two mutations on her ASAH1 gene, a deadly combination. Today her cells are alive in a research lab at the University of Ottawa. This is a legacy that cuts both ways, a point of pride and pain. One Strong Girl is a story of what it’s like to outlive an only child. It describes the intensity of loving a dying child and most importantly, the joy to be found, even amidst the sorrow.

When life-changing pain is coupled with the welcoming of a new story for yourself, the word bittersweet just doesn't do it justice. You are quite literally in the middle - anchored between where you thought you were headed and where you're going now. In that uncertain middle space is where this story takes place, and maybe where you find yourself, too. The life Kelsey Baldwin had imagined for herself, the one she was right in the middle of, quickly crumbled around her on a single day as she was faced with a looming divorce while staring at a positive pregnancy test. It wasn't the way it was supposed to go. With each uncertain transition she went through - divorce, pregnancy, giving birth, moving cities, dating, raising a child without a partner - she clung to what she knew for sure: she was a strong girl and a brave girl, and the middle was not the ending. (Spoiler: that's why it's called the middle.)My story might look really different than yours, but I'm willing to bet you find threads from my messy middle that are also woven into yours.

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The adventurous story of Anju is set in the background of an extremist area, better known as Naxal, in Maharashtra. Anju is a young, typical Maharashtrian housewife, who adapts herself as per the circumstances she is lead into. Being the wife of an upright police officer of high integrity, she does not hesitate to tighten the belt to survive and come out for her family – even at the cost of losing an ‘morals of Indian woman’. Her husband is incapacitated and her family is in dire need of her help. She has to cross the ocean and swim against current. In the efforts, however, she gets swirled into the dark and dangerous world of sex, violence and crime. With brain and boldness, would she be able to succeed in this mountainous task? Strong Girl narrates an empowered women’s thrilling and bold adventure.

"The Odd Women" by George Gissing is a compelling novel set in overdue Victorian England, exploring the struggles and societal constraints faced via single ladies in a patriarchal society. The narrative revolves across the lives of several "odd ladies," single and financially unbiased ladies who defy traditional gender roles. Gissing skillfully depicts the demanding situations those women come upon as they navigate the constrained opportunities available to them, from precarious employment to societal stigma. The protagonist, Rhoda Nunn, emerges as a symbol of independence and resilience, advocating for ladies's rights and self-dedication. Through Rhoda's stories and people of her peers, Gissing highlights the injustices and double standards inherent in Victorian society, particularly concerning gender and marriage. The novel serves as a poignant observation on the repute of girls inside the overdue 19th century, dropping light on problems together with financial dependence, marriage expectancies, and the war for autonomy. Despite the societal pressures and boundaries, they face, the "strange women" in Gissing's novel attempt to carve out meaningful lives on their own phrases, hard traditional norms and affirming their proper to independence and fulfillment.

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