Girl Almighty

"Girl Almighty" is a collection of personal essays and stories about the intricacies of girlhood. The book starts off with a candid peek into the keyhole of Handoko's household in the mid-nineties where she talks about her immigrant family's alienation while growing up in a quiet, suburban neighborhood in the South. From then on, she shares more experiences that many young women may resonate with; from the difficulties of maintaining self-esteem in an image based society, unrequited love an...