An inspiring true story about childhood, race, identity, family, friendship, hope and what makes us who we are, written by Dame Elizabeth Anionwu detailing her life.
Dreams From My Mother
£10.99
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6 in stock
Description
An incredibly moving story of a mother and daughter separated by society, but united in the dreams they shared for the future.
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.
Author: Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
Publisher: Orion Books
Pages: 338
Dimensions: 128mm x 198mm
Weight: 257g
