Young Sisters tells the stories of several young ladies from different backgrounds through their own words. Author Anna Leung grew up in a traditional Chinese household. She was very active as a child piano and karate lessons, Chinese school, church, and community service. She soon found a natural love in the field of photography. Working in the field of photography she repeatedly saw how women were being portrayed in the media as sexual objects and didn’t agree.
This inspired her to put together the book Young Sisters to express the true feelings of real young women.
I was introduced to this book when Anna met my colleague, Lisa, at an event for Fair Fund about sex trafficking and told her about the book. Lisa asked me for my thoughts on the book from the perspective of a young woman, and then I met with her and Anna to talk about her hopes for how the book could help young women in the D.C. area.
The contents of the book are very informative and interesting. It includes several stories speaking of young females overcoming eating disorders, having positive influences from family members, dealing with misleading images of women in the media, relationships, losing love ones, being different, and following your dreams.
The book can be very helpful to other young ladies going through the same situations to see how others deal with them in their own way.
Tia Felton is a senior at McKinley Tech High School and an intern at The Women’s Foundation through Urban Alliance. When she graduates from high school this year, she will go to college to study political science and hopes to eventually to become a lawyer.
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