Author: Cyprian Ekwensi
Publisher: Spectrum Books Limited
ISBN: 9789782460431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
From one of Africa's foremost novelists and master story-teller, this is a sequel to Ekwensi's best-selling Jagua Nana. The story centres around the heroine's traumatic search for her real mother. All the intracacies of family life and relationships are woven into the story, and Liza finds both her mother and a partner.
Jagua Nana's Daughter
Author: Cyprian Ekwensi
Publisher: Spectrum Books Limited
ISBN: 9789782460431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
From one of Africa's foremost novelists and master story-teller, this is a sequel to Ekwensi's best-selling Jagua Nana. The story centres around the heroine's traumatic search for her real mother. All the intracacies of family life and relationships are woven into the story, and Liza finds both her mother and a partner.
Publisher: Spectrum Books Limited
ISBN: 9789782460431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
From one of Africa's foremost novelists and master story-teller, this is a sequel to Ekwensi's best-selling Jagua Nana. The story centres around the heroine's traumatic search for her real mother. All the intracacies of family life and relationships are woven into the story, and Liza finds both her mother and a partner.
Daughter of the Agunmukha
Author: Noorjahan Bose
Publisher: Hurst Publishers
ISBN: 1805260863
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
How does a girl from a tiny Bangladeshi island end up reading Tagore, Marx and de Beauvoir, and becoming a feminist activist? How does she navigate different cultures and religions, and patriarchal society? Daughter of the Agunmukha is the riveting personal history of Noorjahan Bose, born in 1938 in present-day Bangladesh to a Muslim farming family, near the mouth of the ferocious River Agunmukha—Fire Mouth River. Abused by male relatives and raised by a mother who was herself married at just 7 years old, Noorjahan struggled for her education and autonomy against the painful backdrop of partition, and under the joyful, creative care of her mother. Mentored by local activists, she found her way into the progressive movements that would one day take her around the world. From her husband’s death when she was only 18 and pregnant, to the devastating cyclones threatening her family’s home and livelihood, Noorjahan’s personal life has not been easy. Yet her courage shines through the pages of her memoir, whether she is agitating for Bangla language rights, enduring Bangladesh’s liberation war, or marrying outside her family’s faith. This moving, gripping book tells a powerful story of trauma, loss, resilience and empowerment.
Publisher: Hurst Publishers
ISBN: 1805260863
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
How does a girl from a tiny Bangladeshi island end up reading Tagore, Marx and de Beauvoir, and becoming a feminist activist? How does she navigate different cultures and religions, and patriarchal society? Daughter of the Agunmukha is the riveting personal history of Noorjahan Bose, born in 1938 in present-day Bangladesh to a Muslim farming family, near the mouth of the ferocious River Agunmukha—Fire Mouth River. Abused by male relatives and raised by a mother who was herself married at just 7 years old, Noorjahan struggled for her education and autonomy against the painful backdrop of partition, and under the joyful, creative care of her mother. Mentored by local activists, she found her way into the progressive movements that would one day take her around the world. From her husband’s death when she was only 18 and pregnant, to the devastating cyclones threatening her family’s home and livelihood, Noorjahan’s personal life has not been easy. Yet her courage shines through the pages of her memoir, whether she is agitating for Bangla language rights, enduring Bangladesh’s liberation war, or marrying outside her family’s faith. This moving, gripping book tells a powerful story of trauma, loss, resilience and empowerment.
Nana and Me
Author: A. E. Black
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491811951
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
To Sweet Pea, there is no one in the world like Nana, the lady who lives in the brick house across the street. Sitting on her porch in white rocking chairs, the two spend hours together forging a friendship which is truly unique. Nana has wonderful stories from her life and a wealth of spiritual wisdom which she shares with Sweet Pea. Using stories of life experiences common to most, Nana guides Sweet Pea along the road leading to heaven. The stories she tells are fascinating to the little girl, and by them the delightful Nana teaches her little friend to see the hand of God in all things.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491811951
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
To Sweet Pea, there is no one in the world like Nana, the lady who lives in the brick house across the street. Sitting on her porch in white rocking chairs, the two spend hours together forging a friendship which is truly unique. Nana has wonderful stories from her life and a wealth of spiritual wisdom which she shares with Sweet Pea. Using stories of life experiences common to most, Nana guides Sweet Pea along the road leading to heaven. The stories she tells are fascinating to the little girl, and by them the delightful Nana teaches her little friend to see the hand of God in all things.
Nana's Daughter
Author: Alfred Sirven
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334137365
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Excerpt from Nana's Daughter: A Story of Parisian Life Then you ought to know better than any one else, how needful a mother is to a child; for if your own mother had not abandoned you, you would not be what you are. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334137365
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Excerpt from Nana's Daughter: A Story of Parisian Life Then you ought to know better than any one else, how needful a mother is to a child; for if your own mother had not abandoned you, you would not be what you are. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Nana's Family Heritage
Author: Doug Boylan
Publisher: DMBoylan
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
This is the story of my wife Sandi's Mom's family
Publisher: DMBoylan
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
This is the story of my wife Sandi's Mom's family
A Mad Love
Author: Émile Zola
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Tried for Her Life
Author: Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 358
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Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The Nanas Book
Author: Hailee Oman
Publisher: HCO BOOKS LLC
ISBN: 9781732853058
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Publisher: HCO BOOKS LLC
ISBN: 9781732853058
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
ElizabethÕs Daughter: ThereÕs Power in Adversity
Author: Sharon Alston
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0692868240
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
This memoir is about a daughter's story of overcoming witnessing domestic abuse and the murder of her mother by her father. This is a spirited memoir never sinking to self-pity, which ensures that the author's message stays inspirational. Although the author addresses family dysfunction at its worst, she maintains a sense of family at its best-the support of her relatives and the warmth of the home at her grandmother's. Through this candid, intimate story of a daughter's account of navigating through the events in her life and her consistently resilient tone, the author raises awareness about the impact of domestic violence upon children and inspires readers to conquer their own adversities, particularly those related to domestic abuse. The loving yet realistic tone of this memoir sets a good example of how readers can look at their own flawed families in a healthy, self-preserving way.This is truly an extraordinary human story of how the author used her power from the pain of adversity to triumph over it.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0692868240
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
This memoir is about a daughter's story of overcoming witnessing domestic abuse and the murder of her mother by her father. This is a spirited memoir never sinking to self-pity, which ensures that the author's message stays inspirational. Although the author addresses family dysfunction at its worst, she maintains a sense of family at its best-the support of her relatives and the warmth of the home at her grandmother's. Through this candid, intimate story of a daughter's account of navigating through the events in her life and her consistently resilient tone, the author raises awareness about the impact of domestic violence upon children and inspires readers to conquer their own adversities, particularly those related to domestic abuse. The loving yet realistic tone of this memoir sets a good example of how readers can look at their own flawed families in a healthy, self-preserving way.This is truly an extraordinary human story of how the author used her power from the pain of adversity to triumph over it.
Figures of the World
Author: Christopher Laing Hill
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810142163
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Figures of the World: The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form overturns Eurocentric genealogies and globalizing generalizations about “world literature” by examining the complex, contradictory history of naturalist fiction. Christopher Laing Hill follows naturalism’s emergence in France and circulation around the world from North and South America to East Asia. His analysis shows that transnational literary studies must operate on multiple scales, combine distant reading with close analysis, and investigate how literary forms develop on the move. The book begins by tracing the history of naturalist fiction from the 1860s into the twentieth century and the reasons it spread around the world. Hill explores the development of three naturalist figures—the degenerate body, the self-liberated woman, and the social milieu—through close readings of fiction from France, Japan, and the United States. Rather than genealogies of European influence or the domination of cultural “peripheries” by the center, novels by Émile Zola, Tayama Katai, Frank Norris, and other writers reveal conspicuous departures from metropolitan models as writers revised naturalist methods to address new social conditions. Hill offers a new approach to studying culture on a large scale for readers interested in literature, the arts, and the history of ideas.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810142163
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Figures of the World: The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form overturns Eurocentric genealogies and globalizing generalizations about “world literature” by examining the complex, contradictory history of naturalist fiction. Christopher Laing Hill follows naturalism’s emergence in France and circulation around the world from North and South America to East Asia. His analysis shows that transnational literary studies must operate on multiple scales, combine distant reading with close analysis, and investigate how literary forms develop on the move. The book begins by tracing the history of naturalist fiction from the 1860s into the twentieth century and the reasons it spread around the world. Hill explores the development of three naturalist figures—the degenerate body, the self-liberated woman, and the social milieu—through close readings of fiction from France, Japan, and the United States. Rather than genealogies of European influence or the domination of cultural “peripheries” by the center, novels by Émile Zola, Tayama Katai, Frank Norris, and other writers reveal conspicuous departures from metropolitan models as writers revised naturalist methods to address new social conditions. Hill offers a new approach to studying culture on a large scale for readers interested in literature, the arts, and the history of ideas.