{"product_id":"someday-mija-youll-learn-the-difference-between-a-whore-and-a-working-woman-a-memoir-9781647421021","title":"Someday Mija, You'll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSomeday Mija, You'll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir that turns time on its head, circling through terror and joy with eloquence and becoming its own sacrament of resistance.\" --\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, 5-star review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt eighteen, Yvonne Martinez flees brutal domestic violence and is taken in by her dying grandmother . . . who used to be a sex worker. Before she dies, her grandmother reveals family secrets and shares her uncommon wisdom. \"Someday, Mija,\" she tells Yvonne, \"you'll learn the difference between a whore and a working woman.\" She also shares disturbing facts about their family's history--eventually leading Yvonne to discover that her grandmother was trafficked as a child in Depression-era Utah by her own mother, Yvonne's great-grandmother, and that she was blamed for her own rape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the years that follow her grandmother's passing, Yvonne gets an education and starts a family. As she heals from her own abuse by her mother and stepfather, she becomes an advocate\/labor activist. Grounded in her grandmother's dictum not to whore herself out, she learns to fight for herself and teaches others to do the same--exposing sexual harassment in the labor unions where she works and fighting corruption. Intense but ultimately uplifting, \u003ci\u003eSomeday Mija, You'll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling memoir in essays of transforming transgenerational trauma into resilience and post-traumatic growth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647421021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yvonne Martinez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42342729449653,"sku":"9781647421021","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_573e96e5-d484-439c-9da7-2632ddc6943e.jpg?v=1661263129","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/someday-mija-youll-learn-the-difference-between-a-whore-and-a-working-woman-a-memoir-9781647421021","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}