![]() ![]() The bullies begin to leave her alone and she isn’t quite as malnourished as when she was Carmel Fishkill.Ī few pages into the story, Fishkill meets Duck-Duck, and they will, unbeknownst to either girl, soon become best friends. Fishkill punches bullies before they punch her and swipes food from other students’ plates, so she doesn’t go hungry. Kill – dangerous, you-don’t-want-to-fuck-with-me dangerous. Lehrer writes: “I decided in seventh grade, at the new school, in the new school year, I would own that hard-sounding last name. When her grandfather dies and her mother disappears, Carmel reinvents herself in order to survive. She spends the first twelve-years of her life in a rundown home with a violent grandfather and incapable mother. Carmel is mistreated by both family and society. But, Lehrer’s pace and unrelentingly complicated descriptions of young teen subjectivity set Bring Fishkill firmly within the field of YA literature.īeing Fishkill, by Ruth Lehrer, is the story of Carmel Fishkill, a thirteen-year old girl growing-up in poverty. Ruth Lehrer’ s gritty realism is reminiscent of Dorothy Allison, as is her exploration of poverty, abuse, neglect, miraculously strong girls, and the failure and promise of family. ( 6 Comments ) Ruth Lehrer’s Being Fishkill. ![]()
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