- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Serpent's Tail (28 April 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1852428910
- ISBN-13: 978-1852428914
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 997,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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?I could have been born and raised in Africa. But my Spirit was in too much of a rush to be reincarnated? At six weeks I was chucked out into the new year of 1965 which wasn?t prepared to welcome an African baby, abandoned on a harsh English winter?s day.? So begins Pauline?s spirited and moving story of her childhood and teenage years in and out of foster homes and detention units, and back and forth to Dr Barnardo?s ?Village? in Essex. Her Barnardo?s ?family? was ruled by an unlikely trio ? Aunty Claire, a born-again Christian; her laconic husband, the German Uncle Boris; and the cook, Aunty Morag. Woven into this feisty, quirky account are Pauline?s angel and spirit companions ? Sparky, Annabel and the Snake ? who play havoc helping her to survive in the ?real world?. The Barnardo?s good times are shattered by the sudden visits of her mother, who she calls Wunmi and with whom she goes to live in a London highrise. Wunmi?s method of refashioning Pauline into a dutiful African child is literally to knock the English out of her. But survive she does? A share of the profits from sales of this book will be donated to Barnardo?s
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Valerie Mason-John (aka Queenie) was born in Cambridge in 1962. She has worked as an international correspondent, covering a range of stories from Australian Aboriginal Land Rights to interviewing Sinn Fein prisoners in Maghaberry Prison, Northern Ireland and has contributed to the Guardian, The Voice and the Morning Star. She currently works as a trainer using forum theatre, drama and creative writing for temper control and conflict resolution. Winner of the Windrush Achievement Award 2000, she lives in south London.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Revealing,
By Mahogany "MC" (London UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Borrowed Body (Paperback)
This book engaged me immediately. Written in a real matter of fact style yet carefully crafted to pull you into Pauline's young mind - a little wierd at times.
The story throws up a number of political/social grenades, makes me wonder if we can ever get the care system right. I'd have given it five stars but the end left me hanging and wanting more. A page turner, well worth a read.
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