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Where the Children Take Us: How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable
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Author:
Zain E. Asher
Publisher:
Amistad
Date:
April 26, 2022
Living in Brixton and awaiting the return of her husband and young son from Nigeria, Obiajulu Ejiofor received shattering news. There had been a fatal car crash--and one of them was dead. In Where the Children Take Us, Obiajulu's daughter, Zain Asher, tells the story of her family and her mother's deeply personal fight to protect her children from the daily pressures of poverty, crime, and racism in 1980s and '90s South London as a widowed emigrant.
What The Reviewers Say
Asher is a master storyteller as she interweaves both of her parents’ life stories with her own upbringing. Thoughtful emotion and striking immediacy fill every scene, making for a mesmerizing read from start to finish.
At its heart, Where the Children Take Us is a love letter to the author’s mother, in all her strength and determination..
... moving and inspiring.
... vibrant.
