Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home, Sisonke Msimang

Автор: Msimang Sisonke
Название: Always Another Country
ISBN: 164286000X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781642860009
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Описание: An intimate story of exile and homecoming by the South African author whose TED Talk touched millions.

Автор: Sisonke Msimang
Название: Always Another Country
ISBN: 1868428486 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781868428489
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Описание: In her much anticipated memoir, Sisonke Msimang writes about her exile childhood in Zambia and Kenya, young adulthood and college years in North America, and returning to South Africa in the euphoric 1990s. She reflects candidly on her discontent and disappointment with present-day South Africa but also on her experiences of family, romance, and motherhood, with the novelists talent for character and pathos. Militant young comrades dance off the pages of the 1970s Lusaka she invokes, and the heady and naive days of just-democratic South Africa in the 1990s are as vividly painted. Her memoir is at heart a chronicle of a coming-of-age, and while well-known South African political figures appear in these pages, it is an intimate story, a testament to family bonds and sisterhood. Sisonke Msimang is one of the most assured and celebrated voices commenting on the South African present often humorously; sometimes deeply movingly and this book launches her to an even broader audience.

Автор: Reyes Cynthia
Название: A Good Home: A Memoir
ISBN: 1927483484 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781927483480
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Описание: "A Good Home will delight your soul and touch your heart. There is magic in these words "
--DEBRA USHER, President and Editor-in-Chief, Arabella Magazine

"Cynthia Reyes' glass is almost always half full, but ours, as we read her uplifting story, brims over. "
--COLIN McALLISTER and JUSTIN RYAN, www.colinandjustin.tv

A Good Home is an addictive read, a profoundly emotional book about the author's early life in rural Jamaica, her move to urban North America, and her trips back home, all told through vivid descriptions of the unique homes she has lived in -- from a tiny pink house in Jamaica and a mountainside cabin near Vancouver to the historic Victorian farmhouse she lives in today, surrounded by neighbors who share spicy Malaysian noodles and seafood, Greek pastries and roast lamb, and Italian tomato sauce and wine (really strong wine).

Full of lovingly drawn characters and vividly described places, A Good Home takes the reader through deeply moving stories of marriage, children, the death of parents, and an accident that takes its high-flying author down a humbling notch. Its pages sparkle with stories and reflections on home as:

• A foundation on which to build connections with children, relatives, and friends
• A place to celebrate the joys of elegant design, overflowing gardens (except for the wisteria vine, which cannot be coaxed into blooming), and the sharing of good food
• A wise teacher, showing us who we really were -- and who we really are

Cynthia Reyes has published non-fiction stories in Arabella Magazine, one of the fastest-growing magazines in the United States and Canada, as well as in the Globe and Mail and Toronto Life. Reyes is a former journalist and executive producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. More than a hundred episodes of her programs have appeared on network television. She is the winner of national and international awards and acclaim for her work as a television producer, project leader, and public speaker, including the Children's Broadcast Institute Award and the Crystal Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film and Television.