LONG, long time gone, a Mestizo Woman with a pair of huge earrings marched in with: "I'M MAGDA Magdalena Moen " The Woman intended to become a student: She and the tutor of the class stood as if transfixed, looking at each other - and that's how began an intriguing' "Broken Shoes" tale OUT OF A COLOURED BOX.
The broken shoes whisper a tale of two women: one on either side of a concrete wall, razor-sharp barbed wire running along the top. The story involves broken shoes, masks and negativity on both sides of the "Them and Us" divide, which is a result of race, skin colour, history and...
LONG, long time gone, a Mestizo Woman with a pair of huge earrings marched in with: "I'M MAGDA Magdalena Moen " The Woman intended to become a studen...
In 1960s London, class, race, and gender matter-a lot. Magda Moen, a Costa Rican immigrant, learns this hard truth after her husband abandons her and she has to move into rundown housing with other migrants. There she's mocked for everything from her skin color to her language.
Magda isn't a quitter, though, and she turns to education to get back on her feet. At a college for adult learners, she meets Rosanna Sullivan, a professor of literature who takes a special interest in her. But when Magda embarks on a friendship with Rosanna-who happens to be white-her troubles multiply.
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In 1960s London, class, race, and gender matter-a lot. Magda Moen, a Costa Rican immigrant, learns this hard truth after her husband abandons her a...
