Dreams From My Mother
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Dreams From My Mother
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Author : Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-09-16
Dreams From My Mother written by Dame Elizabeth Anionwu and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
What a page turner of a book! Dame Elizabeth uncovers the layers of her life from a childhood defined by secrets, to discovering the identity of her father, to her political awakening, and her journey to becoming a Black health radical. She uses her "bellyful of anger" to great effect, highlighting the ethnic health inequalities exposed by sickle cell disease right through to Covid-19. More than anything, her great sense of empathy and fun shine out from the page. I loved it. - DUA LIPA Dreams From My Mother is a beautiful memoir detailing an extraordinary life. Dame Elizabeth Anionwu is a an incredible role model for nurses - and for everyone. - CHRISTIE WATSON, author of The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story What a woman. What a book. - LEMN SISSAY OBE, author of My Name Is Why * * * It's 1947 and a sheltered Catholic girl is studying Classics at Newnham College, Cambridge. She is the first one in her family to go to university - and then she discovers that she's pregnant. The father is also a student at Cambridge, studying law. And he is black. Despite pressure to give up her baby for adoption, the young mother has big dreams for her child's future. Her daughter Elizabeth overcomes a background of shame, stigma, and discrimination, to become one of the UK's greatest ever nurses, and the first ever sickle cell nurse specialist. Recently named a BBC 100 Women of the Year 2020 and awarded a Damehood, Dame Elizabeth Anionwu has continued her work throughout her retirement, and recently brought to the nation's attention how Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on Black and Asian communities. Dreams From My Mother is an inspiring story about childhood, race, identity, family, friendship, hope and what makes us who we are. Ultimately, it is an incredibly moving story of a mother and a daughter separated by society, but united in the dreams they shared for her future. Previously published as Mixed Blessings From A Cambridge Union, this is a revised and updated edition * * * This is a powerful and compelling story of dual heritage, how an Irish girl became a Nigerian woman, and how discovering a true and total sense of identity brought acceptance, peace and joy. This story will inspire many people who have Irish and African (and other) roots and should be read by all who are interested in the history and culture of those lands. It is a unique and deeply personal account of the triumph of character, spirit and endeavour in the face of much adversity and considerable bigotry, beautifully written with a complete absence of bitterness. I felt in equal measure humbled and privileged to read it. I never cry but the concluding reflection on the mother and daughter relationship made me cry unashamedly. - PATRICK GAUL, Chair, Liverpool Irish Centre
Dreams From My Father
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Author : Barack Obama
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2007-06-03
Dreams From My Father written by Barack Obama and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An international bestseller which has sold over a million copies in the UK, Dreams From My Father is a refreshing, revealing portrait of a young man asking big questions about identity and belonging. The son of a Black African father and a white American mother, Barack Obama recounts an emotional odyssey, retracing the migration of his mother's family from Kansas to Hawai'i, then to his childhood home in Indonesia. Finally he travels to Kenya, where he confronts the bitter truth of his father's life and at last reconciles his divided inheritance. Written nearly fifteen years before becoming president, Dreams from My Father is an unforgettable read. It illuminates not only Obama's journey, but also our universal desire to understand our history and what makes us who we are.
Dreams Of My Mothers
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Author : Joel L. A. Peterson
language : en
Publisher: HPA
Release Date : 2015-03-15
Dreams Of My Mothers written by Joel L. A. Peterson and has been published by HPA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-15 with Adopted children categories.
"Based on a true story"--Page 4 of cover.
The Mother To Be S Dream Book
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Author : Ra?na M. Paris
language : en
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Release Date : 2009-08-01
The Mother To Be S Dream Book written by Ra?na M. Paris and has been published by Grand Central Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
In the rich, revealing dreams of pregnancy both the mother and father-to-be can discover a lot about their baby - before it is born! This text includes information on dreams common for each trimester and a special glossary of what everything means.
Mixed Blessings From A Cambridge Union
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Author : Elizabeth N Anionwu
language : en
Publisher: Elizan
Release Date : 2016-09
Mixed Blessings From A Cambridge Union written by Elizabeth N Anionwu and has been published by Elizan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Memoirs. Elizabeth is born in 1947 to a Catholic unmarried mother studying Classics at Cambridge University; the father is studying law there & is black. The fallout is dramatic & after being in care for 9 years is physically abused by her stepfather. Rescued by grandparents Elizabeth grows up to be a Professor of Nursing & also finds her father.
My Mother S Dreams
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Author : Patricia Bamurangirwa
language : en
Publisher: Matador
Release Date : 2014-10-28
My Mother S Dreams written by Patricia Bamurangirwa and has been published by Matador this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with Refugees categories.
This is the story of how Patricia Bamurangirwa managed life on her own after losing her mother, at a young age and in a foreign country when she was no longer able to stay in Rwanda. My Mother’s Dreams is the candid autobiography of Patricia Bamurangirwa, who found herself torn between her culture, her family, her pride and her rights at a very young age. Like many African girls in the 1950s, readers will discover why she missed out on higher education among other opportunities. But that never stopped her fighting for what she believed in. Find out how Patricia escaped becoming a prostitute, even though she was in their hands for four years. Discover how she managed to take care of seven children as a single mother. Later in life find out what Europe, the continent some think to be ‘heaven on Earth’, was like when she travelled there. And finally, read the statement of a survivor of the 1994 genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda; the sad story of a mother who saw her children tortured to death. Some parts of this book will make you laugh, while others will make you cry; but it is important that you will learn a lot from this book. My Mother’s Dream was written to show that women can overcome anything, and will appeal to fans of women’s writing and moving autobiographies.
Dreams For My Daughter
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Author : Ellen Brenneman
language : en
Publisher: Hallmark Gift Books
Release Date : 2012-11-15
Dreams For My Daughter written by Ellen Brenneman and has been published by Hallmark Gift Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-15 with categories.
Are You My Mother
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Author : Alison Bechdel
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-03-28
Are You My Mother written by Alison Bechdel and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-28 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
An expansive, moving and captivating graphic memoir from the author of Fun Home. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home was a literary phenomenon. While Fun Home explored Bechdel's relationship with her father, a closeted homosexual, this memoir is about her mother - a voracious reader, a music lover, a passionate amateur actor. Also a woman, unhappily married to a gay man, whose artistic aspirations simmered under the surface of Bechdel's childhood... and who stopped touching or kissing her daughter goodnight, for ever, when she was seven. Poignantly, hilariously, Bechdel embarks on a quest for answers concerning the mother-daughter gulf. 'As absorbing as it is graced with a deceptive lightness of touch, it is clever, brilliantly pieced together, and utterly unusual. Sunday Times 'It's a beautiful (and beautifully illustrated) look at the complexity and dysfunctionality of family through a unique lens - and frames things in such a way that you can't help but re-examine your own relationships, too.' Stylist
A Mother Of Sons
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Author : Jayne Jaudon Ferrer
language : en
Publisher: Loyola Press
Release Date : 2004
A Mother Of Sons written by Jayne Jaudon Ferrer and has been published by Loyola Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Family & Relationships categories.
"A Mother of Sons" provides words of wisdom for mothers who are raising boys. With humor and candor, she covers everything from burps to baseball, celebrating the blissful bedlam that comes with raising sons.
Fed Up
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Author : Gemma Hartley
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-11-15
Fed Up written by Gemma Hartley and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-15 with Social Science categories.
Gemma Hartley wrote an article in Harper's Bazaar in September 2017 called 'Women Aren't Nags - We're Just Fed Up', which instantly went viral. The piece, and this book, are about 'emotional labour', i.e. the unpaid, often unnoticed effort and work that goes into keeping everyone around you comfortable and happy. The Problem That Had No Name tackles the big issues surrounding emotional labour: the historical underpinnings and roots in feminism, the benefits and burdens of this kind of effort, and the specific contexts where emotional labour plays a major but undervalued role, including relationships, work, sex, parenting, politics and self-care.