Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls

by Jocelyn Shipley and Deb Loughead

A brash new collection of fifteen original stories about girls who stand against convention, and girls who wish they could. In turn hilarious, edgy, comforting and intense, the collection is about... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894549767
• ISBN13: 9781894549769
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Sumach Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Courtesy of Mother Daughter Book Club.com

Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls. Just the name is edgy and designed to get our attention, and the stories inside live up to the title. In the foreword, editors Deb Loughead and Jocelyn Shipley say that the word cleavage has many meanings. There's the image of the valley between breasts of course, but cleavage also refers to the division of a fertilized ovum from a single cell into a mass of smaller cells. It's what they call the mom factor that shows up in the book. Cleavage also has contradictory meanings. On one hand it means to break away from, on the other it means to hold tightly to. You'll find stories relating to all the meanings in this delightful book of short stories that's easy to digest and gives a lot to think and talk about. If you can think of an issue for women, it's probably covered in the stories, including attitudes about weight, breast implants, tattoos, body image, make-up, clothes and more. These stories will open the door for moms and daughters to talk about hard-to-bring up subjects that benefit from open discussion. A short bio of each author, including a note about what inspired her to write her story, is a nice touch that adds extra meaning to each piece. Mother-daughter book clubs with high-school-aged girls will find a lot to like when reading Cleavage.