Economization of Education: Human Capital, Global Corporations, Skills-Based Schooling
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In this timely, cogent analysis of trends and powerful forces shaping global educational policy...
His Shy Cinderella: His Shy Cinderella / Fortune's Surprise Engagement
Kate Hardy and Nancy Robards Thompson
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His Shy Cinderella by Kate Hardy Racing driver Brandon Stone is intent on proving he has what it...
Affective Circuits: African Migrations to Europe and the Pursuit of Social Regeneration
Jennifer Cole and Christian Groes
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The influx of African migrants into Europe in recent years has raised important issues about...
Family Britain, 1951-1957
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As in Austerity Britain, an astonishing array of vivid, intimate and unselfconscious voices drive...
How to Use Evernote for Genealogy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Organize Your Research and Boost Your Genealogy Productivity
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Maximize Your Research Progress! Harness the powerful, timesaving organization features of...
Elephant Shoe
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If his sixteen years of experience has taught Mikey Alston only one thing, it’s this: Life is too...
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Collapse (After the Blast #1)
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If modern society collapsed, could you survive? Captain Joel Baker has spent his entire life...
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The Language of Dying
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A woman sits beside her father's bedside as the night ticks away the final hours of his life. As she...
ClareR (5906 KP) rated Wandering Souls in Books
Mar 25, 2023
This is the story of a family who make it by boat to Hong Kong from Vietnam. At least Anh and her two brothers do. Their parents and younger siblings come after them and drown.
This is Anh’s story, and how she copes on their journey from Vietnam to Hong Kong, and then on to London where they settle permanently. It’s a story of loss, life-long trauma and the struggle to find security and happiness. It brought home the continuing issues of refugees - particularly those who take the dangerous route of the sea. It always makes me think of these lines from Warsan Shire’s “Home”:
“You have to understand that no one puts children in a boat
Unless the water is safer than the land”
Anh and her family want a better life than that of poverty, war and political oppression.
This is a dark story and the experiences have such a huge effect on every aspect of Anh and her brothers lives, and you can still see this in the interactions that Anh has with her own children.
It’s a wonderful book, and well worth reading. I’ve learnt so much about the Vietnamese people who resettled in the UK and their journeys here.
I wouldn’t be at all disappointed to see this make the short list.
Claiming His Cowgirl (Crawley Creek #3)
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In a small town in North Dakota there resides a family of misfits on the Crawley Creek Ranch....
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