Breakwater Books
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  My Food AddictionFrom: About Face |
The readings in the third section of the book discuss food related mental illnesses including body dysmorphia and eating disorders. The readings in this section include firsthand accounts from … | Hazel Mills | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
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From My Heart Never Gave UpFrom: About Face |
On Alcohol. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors in these … | Rebecca Dawe | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
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From My Life is Going Up in SmokeFrom: About Face |
On Smoking. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors in these … | Jennifer Barnett | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! NecessityBenevolent Booze From: Bottoms Up |
Chapter 1 explores the history of alcohol in maritime societies and how it played an variety of essential roles, as a medicine, a ration for sailors, a social lubricant, and a trading commodity … | Sheilah Roberts Lukins | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NewfoundlandSeparation and Divorce From: No Place For A Woman |
The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. | Antony Berger | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Newfoundland Doesn’t Turn Down Black Girls |
This chapter is an interview with a Black woman in the stripping industry. Although she has special talents that stem from her circus training, she has been turned away by owners of strip clubs … | Kerri Cull | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From No One Knows Who to Trust |
In this chapter, the author interviews an Indigenous, female-identified sex worker who was featured in the first volume. This individual now has a regular day job, and engages in sex work four or … | Kerri Cull | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
 No One to TellBreaking My Silence on Life in the RCMP |
In 2012, Janet Merlo was among the first female RCMP officers to publicly allege she had experienced sexual harassment and gender discrimination while serving in Canada’s national police … | Janet Merlo | 232 | 2013 | View |
No Place For A Woman |
As a young woman, the late Ella Manuel left the busy shipping community of Lewisporte, Newfoundland, for the wider world in the 1920s, but eventually returned to the island, as a single mother, … | Antony Berger | 318 | 2020 | View |
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From Not Enough Value |
In this chapter, Cull profiles a student who turned to stripping to make ends meet. | Kerri Cull | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From Not Today, But Someday, I Will Break FreeFrom: About Face |
On Morphine. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors in these … | Amanda Murphy | 3 | 2019 | $0.30 Add |
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From Not Victims but Warriors |
This chapter features a 42-year-old gay man who owns and operates three adult massage studios. He also runs NL Adult, a free service that connects sex workers with clients. | Kerri Cull | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From Of Sailors and the SeaFrom: No Place For A Woman |
The Newfoundland and Labrador Pilot – Shipwrecked off Green Gardens – Murder at Sea: Or Was It? – Around the Island for 75 Cents – The Skipper on the Baie Verte Run … | Antony Berger | 45 | 2020 | $4.50 Add |
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From One of the Good Ones |
This chapter profiles a woman who struggled with drugs and alcohol, and now suffers from PTSD. Now in recovery, she has left sex work behind and receives support from the Blue Door Program. | Kerri Cull | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From One Size Doesn’t Fit All for Addiction TreatmentFrom: About Face |
The readings in the fourth section of the book covers the contemporary discourse surrounding addiction in Canada, and outlines a variety of possible paths forward for combatting addiction. | Kathryn Dalton | 6 | 2019 | $0.60 Add |
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From Opioid AddictionProactively Addressing Legal Concerns With Child Custody From: About Face |
The readings in the fourth section of the book covers the contemporary discourse surrounding addiction in Canada, and outlines a variety of possible paths forward for combatting addiction. | David Frenkel; Lisa Gelman | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
