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Trust : A true story of women & gangs

Pip Desmond

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Description:In 1977 an idealistic young doctor's daughter, fresh out of university, knocked on the door of a run-down old house in inner-city Wellington. She was greeted by a woman in a black power t-shirt with metal in her nose and a bird tattoed on her left cheek. 'Whaddya want?'the woman growled.So began Pip Desmond's extraordinary time as a member of Aroha Trust, a work cooperative set up in the heady years of feminism, community activism and the first stirrings of the Maori renaissance.For three years this unique, unruly group of girls did 'men's work', lived together, and stood side by side against a backdrop of gang violence, police harassment and a society that mostly didn't want to know.When the government changed the rules for relief work, Aroha Trust folded, but the friendships endured. As well as being a memoir, Trust tells the women's stories - much of it in their own words - with the respect and compassion that comes from a shared bond over 30 years.By turns angry, hair-raising, tender, frightening and heartbreaking, Trust above all celebrates the women's struggles to overcome thier pasts and build a future for their children. As a unique insight into New Zealand's social history and a way to understand women and gangs, it is without peer.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Trust : A true story of women & gangs. To get started finding Trust : A true story of women & gangs, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 320

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Random House

Release: 2009

ISBN: 1869792432

Description: In 1977 an idealistic young doctor's daughter, fresh out of university, knocked on the door of a run-down old house in inner-city Wellington. She was greeted by a woman in a black power t-shirt with metal in her nose and a bird tattoed on her left cheek. 'Whaddya want?'the woman growled.So began Pip Desmond's extraordinary time as a member of Aroha Trust, a work cooperative set up in the heady years of feminism, community activism and the first stirrings of the Maori renaissance.For three years this unique, unruly group of girls did 'men's work', lived together, and stood side by side against a backdrop of gang violence, police harassment and a society that mostly didn't want to know.When the government changed the rules for relief work, Aroha Trust folded, but the friendships endured. As well as being a memoir, Trust tells the women's stories - much of it in their own words - with the respect and compassion that comes from a shared bond over 30 years.By turns angry, hair-raising, tender, frightening and heartbreaking, Trust above all celebrates the women's struggles to overcome thier pasts and build a future for their children. As a unique insight into New Zealand's social history and a way to understand women and gangs, it is without peer.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Trust : A true story of women & gangs. To get started finding Trust : A true story of women & gangs, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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