Lyrical, penetrating, and highly charged, this novel displays a delicately tuned sense of difference and belonging. Poet Angela Jackson brings her superb sense of language and of human possibility to the story of young Magdalena Grace, whose narration takes readers through both privilege and privation at the time of the American civil rights movement.
The novel moves from the privileged yet racially exclusive atmosphere of the fictional Eden University to the black neighborhoods of a Midwestern city and to ancestral Mississippi. Magdalena s story includes a wide range of characters...
Lyrical, penetrating, and highly charged, this novel displays a delicately tuned sense of difference and belonging. Poet Angela Jackson brings her ...
This book will capture the hearts of young, old, and all in between To Whom it May Concern is a book about the life of an urban girl who goes through adversity whether it is in her family dynamics, self confidence, and relationships The ups and downs of life and how she handles her situations; whether for the good or the bad This book is inspirational to know that you are not alone; the message is given from a young girl who grows into a woman. It gives her persective on life's lessons that she's learned along the way
This book will capture the hearts of young, old, and all in between To Whom it May Concern is a book about the life of an urban girl who goes through...
This is a biography of many facets offering a wealth of insight and textual content of particular relevance in the context of gender studies. It tells us much of the status of nurses in Britain in the 1930s. It is also an important contribution to the history of the International Brigades and the Republican medical services in the Spanish civil war and adds nuance to our knowledge of foreigners in China in a turbulent period of its history. The story of Patience will surely appeal to many general readers as well as to specialists in those fields. From the Preface by Series Editor Paul...
This is a biography of many facets offering a wealth of insight and textual content of particular relevance in the context of gender studies. It tells...
Through oral and written narratives, this book examines the interaction between women and the war in Spain, their motivation, the distinctive form of their involvment and the effect of the war on their individual lives. These themes are related to wider issues, such as the nature of memory and the role of women within the public sphere. The extent to which women engaged with this cause surpasses by far other instances of female mobilization in peace-time Britain. Such a phenomenon therefore can offer lessons to those who would wish to encourage a greater degree of interest amongst women in...
Through oral and written narratives, this book examines the interaction between women and the war in Spain, their motivation, the distinctive form of ...
