Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv

Eight Weeks

- Looking Back, Moving Forwards, Defying the Odds
Af: Baroness Lola Young Engelsk Hardback

Eight Weeks

- Looking Back, Moving Forwards, Defying the Odds
Af: Baroness Lola Young Engelsk Hardback
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser

Eight Weeks is a deeply moving and inspiring memoir that tells the remarkable life story of Baroness Young of Hornsey, from her childhood in foster care, to becoming one of the first Black women in the House of Lords.

Lola Young has been an actress, an academic, an activist and campaigner for social justice, and a crossbench peer. But from the age of eight weeks to eighteen years, she was moved between foster care placements and children''s homes in North London. It would take many decades before she was able to begin the search for answers to the long-standing questions that would help her make sense of her childhood.

In Eight Weeks, through her care records, fragments of memory, and her imagination where parts of her story are missing, Lola assembles the pieces of her past into a portrait of a childhood in a system that often made her feel invisible and unwanted. Alongside glimpses into her life as a peer, activist, and campaigner it tells the powerful story of her determination to defy the odds.

Eight Weeks is a spirited, eye-opening and beautifully written account of being a child in care and a Black child in a white family and is a vital part of contemporary Black British history.

Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
Normalpris
kr 231
Fragt: 39 kr
6 - 8 hverdage
20 kr
Pakkegebyr
God 4 anmeldelser på
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser

Eight Weeks is a deeply moving and inspiring memoir that tells the remarkable life story of Baroness Young of Hornsey, from her childhood in foster care, to becoming one of the first Black women in the House of Lords.

Lola Young has been an actress, an academic, an activist and campaigner for social justice, and a crossbench peer. But from the age of eight weeks to eighteen years, she was moved between foster care placements and children''s homes in North London. It would take many decades before she was able to begin the search for answers to the long-standing questions that would help her make sense of her childhood.

In Eight Weeks, through her care records, fragments of memory, and her imagination where parts of her story are missing, Lola assembles the pieces of her past into a portrait of a childhood in a system that often made her feel invisible and unwanted. Alongside glimpses into her life as a peer, activist, and campaigner it tells the powerful story of her determination to defy the odds.

Eight Weeks is a spirited, eye-opening and beautifully written account of being a child in care and a Black child in a white family and is a vital part of contemporary Black British history.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9780241590638
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0241590639
Udg. Dato: 28 nov 2024
Længde: 30mm
Bredde: 145mm
Højde: 223mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 28 nov 2024
Forfatter(e): Baroness Lola Young
Forfatter(e) Baroness Lola Young


Kategori Selvbiografier: kunst og underholdning


ISBN-13 9780241590638


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 336


Udgave


Længde 30mm


Bredde 145mm


Højde 223mm


Udg. Dato 28 nov 2024


Oplagsdato 28 nov 2024


Forlag Penguin Books Ltd

Kategori sammenhænge