{"product_id":"cinder-girl-holly-thompson-rehder-9781637581209","title":"Cinder Girl: Growing Up on America's Fringe","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCinder Girl\u003c\/i\u003e sits in the rarest class of memoir\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003ea towering literary triumph which melds searing and tragic personal history with an incredible story of resilience, hope, and civic success.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up on welfare, food stamps, and Greyhound buses, Holly Thompson Rehder quit school at fifteen to help take care of her mother and younger sister after a devastating car accident. Getting married and pregnant soon thereafter, like so many other young girls caught in the poverty-cycle, Holly decided that the life she had been born into was not what she intended to give her child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But unlike others who wind up mired in a lifetime of poverty, dysfunction, and despair, Holly used her resourcefulness, faith, and sheer stubborn American grit to fight her way out of the gutter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two decades later she was a successful businesswoman. And today, she is a rising political star who serves as an inspiration to young women across the state of Missouri--and indeed, the entire nation--all while never forgetting where she came from. She worked her butt off to help so many others born into seemingly helpless circumstances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a rare lawmaker who speaks candidly from raw personal experience, in \u003ci\u003eCinder Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, Rehder rises above standard political prose to provide an unvarnished look inside the worst of American poverty--those living in the margins. Rehder challenges us to recall the plight of those far less fortunate, who struggle without the opportunities most of us take for granted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Holly Thompson Rehder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1637581203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637581209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bombardier Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.81w x 1.11d","brand":"Holly Thompson Rehder","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44067993485567,"sku":"9781637581209","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b637520-269f-4a02-8eea-88732100b6b4.jpg?v=1685416484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cinder-girl-holly-thompson-rehder-9781637581209","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}