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Jacqueline Maduneme's life should have been paved with the types of stories little girls dream of, but the landscape of her life was torn apart by a commanding and overbearing father and a series of horrors that would tear most anyone apart and ruin them for life. Ada's Daughter recounts the life of Nigerian-born Jacqueline Maduneme who endured and overcame physical and emotional pain and suffering most anyone would find impossible to process or heal from. This intense account takes us from her early age to current day, and in her gift for storytelling, Jacqueline takes you through a journey that is spellbinding, terrifying, and ultimately redemptive and emancipating. From an exorcism in a Nigerian graveyard to luxury hotels in Europe, Ada's Daughter presents scenes of shocking abuse and cruelty interspersed with the foibles of a colorful cast of characters and also moments of great joy. An account of how one woman transcended her abusive past and self-destructive behavior to find success in her business and personal life, Ada's Daughter is also a story about a mother and a daughter, a family, and a culture that has until now been a mystery to most of us in the Western world. Ada's Daughter is a mesmerizing journey to the heart of what survival means, and creates a new dimension and understanding of what the human spirit can endure and what the soul deeply desires. Jacqueline Maduneme's story will amaze even the most jaded reader. Her victory is one that you will want to share with others and celebrate with her.… (plus d'informations)
I received this book through Member's giveaway. I'm absolutely love memoirs and this one did not disappoint. The author retells her story of growing up in Nigeria and eventually coming to America. What transpires in these pages are shocking and unbelievable.
There are no literary bells and whistles in this book, but it is well edited with an easily readable style. Those who have been at the butt of sexual abuse may find that Ada’s Daughter brings up painful memories that had been repressed, but maybe speaking out will help them on the journey of finding healing. While some may argue that Jacqueline’s middle-class upbringing subtracts from the book’s impact, I think it is good to know that wealth is no barrier to abuse and dysfunction. And it is past time to start a conversation on these themes that are often swept under the carpet in our society. I believe Jacqueline wrote this memoir with a lot of sensitivity, there is not prettying up the abuse, but neither is it offered up for readers to make salacious mockery of. The most powerful part of this book however, is that at the end of it all, the author has found some sort of healing and acceptance with the people and the circumstances of her past. ( )
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Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be, For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance, My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find me, unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. - William Ernest Henley "Invictus"
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When I think of my childhood, I can still see my mother in her studio, engaged in her painting until she'd look over and smile at me, bathing me in her warmth and protection.
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So, every day is a point of departure for me, and from here, I begin a new journey.
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Jacqueline Maduneme's life should have been paved with the types of stories little girls dream of, but the landscape of her life was torn apart by a commanding and overbearing father and a series of horrors that would tear most anyone apart and ruin them for life. Ada's Daughter recounts the life of Nigerian-born Jacqueline Maduneme who endured and overcame physical and emotional pain and suffering most anyone would find impossible to process or heal from. This intense account takes us from her early age to current day, and in her gift for storytelling, Jacqueline takes you through a journey that is spellbinding, terrifying, and ultimately redemptive and emancipating. From an exorcism in a Nigerian graveyard to luxury hotels in Europe, Ada's Daughter presents scenes of shocking abuse and cruelty interspersed with the foibles of a colorful cast of characters and also moments of great joy. An account of how one woman transcended her abusive past and self-destructive behavior to find success in her business and personal life, Ada's Daughter is also a story about a mother and a daughter, a family, and a culture that has until now been a mystery to most of us in the Western world. Ada's Daughter is a mesmerizing journey to the heart of what survival means, and creates a new dimension and understanding of what the human spirit can endure and what the soul deeply desires. Jacqueline Maduneme's story will amaze even the most jaded reader. Her victory is one that you will want to share with others and celebrate with her.
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