
Wednesday, November 7 My father gave me and my brother a little money. My stomach is all twisted up with hunger, but I don't want to spend the money on anything as frivolous as food. Because it's money my parents earn with their sweat and blood. I have to study well so that I won't ever again be tortured by hunger. . . . In a drought-stricken corner of rural China, an education can be the difference between a life of crushing poverty and the chance for a better future. But money is scarce, and the low wages paid for backbreaking work aren't always enough to pay school fees. Ma Yan's heart-wrenching, honest diary chronicles her struggle to escape hardship and bring prosperity to her family through her persistent, sometimes desperate, attempts to continue her schooling. First published in France in 2002, the diary of ma yan created an outpouring of support for this courageous teenager and others like her -- support that led to the creation of an international organization dedicated to helping these children . . . all because of one ordinary girl's extraordinary diary.
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June 1 I doubt that I would be starting this diary if it weren't for laptops. I had a maiden aunt who gave me a pretty, red, imitation-leather notebook with My Diary embossed in gold on the cover. She said every girl should start one at age eleven. If I remember right, I wrote the date on the first page and immediately lost the book. I'm not too likely to lose this laptop, since it's my bread and butter. And, because I regularly send my programming back to the office, I'll be uploading these words to my own personal files back there encrypted, of course. Ah, the joys of modern technology.The only tradition I'm going to adhere to is in treating you like a person, Dear Diary. So let me tell you who I am before I start telling you all my secrets. I'm Elizabeth Axelrood, better known as Liz to all my friends. I'm now all of twenty-five, a business success and, while not a personal winner, at least I wouldn't classify myself as a loser in that respect, either. I majored in psychology in college, and my mom and dad assumed I'd go on in that field, but computers fascinated me. Much against the wishes of my folks, I quit before graduation and went into programming. That's how I met my ex-husband. We started our own company, Ax-cell Learning Inc., got into educational software on the ground floor, and have been running to stay ahead of demand ever since. Now, I suppose you want to know about Gordon Axelrood, and what happened between us.... Thirty-five short stories about love, romance and relationships by John Broussard. Boson Books also offers several mysteries by John Broussard. Visit our fiction page. For an author bio, photo, and a sample read visit www.bosonbooks.com.
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