Publisher's Synopsis
Set against a backdrop of racism, poverty, sexism and violence, Like a Woman brings a voice to the marginalised. Blurring the lines between the fantasy of Hollywood and the reality of how race, class and gender clash on the street. Reminiscent of Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina (Penguin Classics, 2012), Debra Busman's Like a Woman is a vivid coming of age story, revealing the lives of teenage girls on the streets of Los Angeles, trying to hold onto their self-defined sense of ethics and humanity against a backdrop of racism, poverty, sexism and violence.
