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A girl learns how much grit and grace it takes to make it out of poverty in this debut memoir.
...Overall, the memoir is unrelenting in its intensity... But even more remarkable is Moore’s approach to describing her traumas, which is laudably unsentimental, unflinchingly realistic, and even... witty. Despite the author’s apparent lack of interest in sugarcoating her experiences, she ends her memoir, convincingly, on a note of optimism. Perhaps it’s the very same optimism that helped her live through unfathomable cruelty so that she could go on to have a productive life.
A sympathetic, instructive story of resilience. "KIRKUS REVIEWS"
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Your book made me laugh, cry, dance and praise! “Gigi Amateau”
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Hopefully Beautiful has left me stunned and dumbstruck as if Momma Pat has just walked past and blindsided me with a fist to the head. I hurt all over. I ache for the children that are abused; for Joye, Sand and Kooky and the hundreds of other nameless, faceless children that suffer at the hands of those that should be their protectors. I rejoice at the resilience of Joye and her siblings and all they have overcome - in spite of their circumstances (or maybe because of). That strength and beauty can arise from helplessness and ugliness is a testament to the fortitude of the human spirit. Joye B. Moore's story will capture your heart and leave you wanting and waiting to hear her sing. "D. Winckler"
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