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Chargement... Not Just Black and White (édition 2015)par Lesley Williams (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. https://shawjonathan.com/2016/08/09/lesley-tammy-williams-not-just-black-and-whi... ( ) Coincidentally found myself finishing this on Australia/Invasion Day, which made it particularly poignant. This joint (auto-)biography tells the story of Lesley Williams life - from the strictly controlled Cherbourg community, through jobs forced upon her by the bureaucracy tasked with 'protecting' her, to the struggle through the 80s and 90s to gain access to pay that had been kept from her for decades. It's a sad but warm book, with moments of dreadful pain and amazing successes - the intertextual conversation between the two authors (mother & daughter) is sweet and the little moments where they react to each others' writing were my favourite parts of the book. It's not perfect by any means, but it's a necessary, engaging and uplifting book - I wouldn't be at all surprised to see it on the Stella longlist. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Two remarkable women tell an inspirational story about the power of family and pursuing your dreams. Lesley Williams is forced to leave Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement and her family at a young age to work as a domestic servant. Apart from a bit of pocket money, Lesley never sees her wages; they are kept 'safe' for her and for countless others just like her. She is taught not to question her life, until desperation makes her start to wonder, where is all that money she earned? So begins a nine year journey for answers which will test every ounce of her resolve. Inspired by her mother's quest, a teenage Tammy Williams enters a national writing competition with an essay about injustice. The winning prize takes Tammy and Lesley to Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch and ultimately to the United Nations in Geneva. Along the way, they find courage they never thought they had and friendship in the most unexpected places. Told with honesty and humour, Not Just Black and White is an extraordinary memoir about two women determined to make sure history is not forgotten. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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