Overcome: Stories of Women Who Grew Up in the Child Welfare System - Softcover

Mahon, Anne

 
9781773370835: Overcome: Stories of Women Who Grew Up in the Child Welfare System
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1773370839 ISBN 13: 9781773370835
Verlag: Great Plains Publications Ltd, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

Abandonment, loss, endless transitions, self-reliance, continued persistence, and fierce beauty all coexist in this compelling collection of stories of ten women who journey from victims of the child welfare system to survivors, and beyond. These women face endless challenges, oppression, and trauma but discover their power through: creativity, advocacy, self-awareness, education, motherhood, and extreme empathy. They decipher their personal stories looking back through the lens of their lived experience to contribute to changing the narratives of how people who grew up in the child welfare system see themselves, and how society sees them. These stories create compassion and understanding, breaking down biases. They also illustrate the direct and multi-faceted relationships between residential schools, the breakdown of Indigenous families, the perpetuated systemic racism of the child welfare system, and oppression through other societal systems. Many of these women are the voices of those who could have been murdered and missing Indigenous women or girls but have lived to tell their stories.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Anne Mahon is interested in people, their stories and making meaningful connections. She is chancellor of the University of Manitoba, and a committed life-long volunteer. Her three books all focus on marginalized communities where biases are being broken. The books are philanthropic endeavours with all author proceeds donated to an organization that supports the community each book represents. Her first book The Lucky Ones won the On the Same Page Manitoba Library Award. Anne was nominated for the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer. She had the honour of interviewing Michelle Obama in 2019.

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Verlag
Great Plains Publications Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1773370839
ISBN 13 
9781773370835
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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