What Rachel Sa: A Field Guide for Parents

by Rachel Sa

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553662407
• ISBN13: 9781553662402
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Winding Stair Press
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A witty perspective that will entertain while it educates...

Clever! This book is a fabulous read for any age. Contained within you will find the funny and frank commentary of the young Rachel Sa. Determined to have a writing career, this young teen (now young woman) worked her way onto the pages of The Toronto Sun. This is a collection of some of those columns written in her clear and refreshing voice. Nothing is taboo, so the topics range from family, friends, sex, work and more. I especially loved the letters and commentary that were included. If you want to glimpse the teen perspective, open a window to understanding or to dialoging with a younger person, than be sure to give this book a gander.

Funny & Insightful - a great starting point for discussion!

A regular reader of Rachel Sa's weekly newspaper column recommended her book to me and I'm so glad she did! I'm not a parent - so I was skeptical at first, but after only a few pages I was hooked. Sa's writing is witty, funny and insightful - it's quite amazing for someone so young (she's 21!). This collection of her columns from The Toronto Sun touches on many topics - school, family, pop culture, sex, drugs, body art etc.- that would be of interest to anyone - be they parents, kids or otherwise. The book also features new items written specifically for this publication, as well as letters from readers (some of which are just hysterical! It's amazing what some people will write...) and Sa's responses to them. Finally, this book is also inspirational. In her introduction, Sa writes about how she came to be a regular newspaper columnist at the age of 17 and how she eventually had this, her first book, published. It's refreshing to read that dreams can and do come true.

Funny & Insightful - a great starting point for discussion!

A regular reader of Rachel Sa's weekly newspaper column recommended her book to me and I'm so glad she did! I'm not a parent - so I was skeptical at first, but after only a few pages I was hooked. Sa's writing is witty, funny and insightful - it's quite amazing for someone so young (she's 21!). This collection of her columns from The Toronto Sun touches on many topics - school, family, pop culture, sex, drugs, body art etc.- that would be of interest to anyone - be they parents, kids or otherwise. The book also features new items written specifically for this publication, as well as letters from readers (some of which are just hysterical! It's amazing what some people will write...) and Sa's responses to them. Finally, this book is also inspirational. In her introduction, Sa writes about how she came to be a regular newspaper columnist at the age of 17 and how she eventually had this, her first book, published. It's refreshing to read that dreams can and do come true.

Great for parents and teens!

This book is one of the best books I've read on helping parents relate to teens. I've read it and so have my kids (aged 17 and 20). I am a disabled father and this is a big help. We all agree that Sa has captured some very strong emotions and feelings. It truly is common sense for a parent of today's youth. I recommend parents pick this one up, or kids pick this up for their parents. I know my brother Kenny is half way done and relating better to his kids already. For some insight, humour, and great writing, get 'What Rachel Sa'.

A Starting Point for Discussion Between Adults and Youth

The theme of WHAT RACHEL SA: A FIELD GUIDE FOR PARENTS is perspective. A youthful perspective may be different from that of an older, more experienced person, but it is not any less relevant. This book serves as a bridge between people with different perspectives by providing a glimpse of one young person's ideas and observations about the world. It is a compilation of my columns that have been previously published in The Toronto Sun newspaper, beginning three years ago when I was a 17 year-old high school student. The columns deal with a wide array of topics, from school and work, family and violence, to popular culture and sexuality. To compliment the unedited columns, I have included new commentary as well as letters from parents and teens - both positive and negative - and my responses. As a young person, I wrote WHAT RACHEL SA not with the intention of providing any easy answers, but to give both adults and other young people a sounding board, a starting point for their own discussions. With three or more years of schooling and living behind me since some of these columns were originally written, I may cringe at the words and phrases I once used to convey my thoughts, but I resisted the urge to edit them. Altering the words would alter the voice and that would change the most important aspect of this collection - the perspective.