Questa autrice si dedica alla narrativa dopo una carriera come fotografa e giornalista. Il suo lavoro giornalistico, in particolare quello sull'istruzione, ha ispirato i suoi due libri di saggistica. Ora si concentra sulla scrittura di narrativa, un sogno da sempre, con il suo romanzo d'esordio che esplora una donna ingannata e rinchiusa in un manicomio vittoriano. La sua scrittura approfondisce le complessità psicologiche dei suoi personaggi, offrendo una prospettiva unica sulle loro esperienze.
Exploring themes of personal growth and empowerment, this book encourages readers to take control of their lives and pursue their dreams. It offers practical strategies and insights to help individuals overcome obstacles and achieve their goals. Through inspirational anecdotes and actionable advice, it emphasizes that a fulfilling life is attainable for everyone, urging readers to believe in their potential and take proactive steps toward a brighter future.
An intimate account of an inner city primary school, which shows how people at Edith Neville primary school approach issues that face urban schools everywhere. This book focuses on the progress of individual children, in some cases from the time they start nursery.
Harriet Heron's life is almost over before it has even begun. At just twenty-three years of age, she is an invalid, over-protected and reclusive. Before it is too late, she must escape the fog of Victorian London for a place where she can breathe. Together with her devoted mother, Louisa, her god-fearing aunt, Yael, and a book of her own spells inspired by the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Harriet travels to a land where the air is tinged with rose and gold and for the first time begins to experience what it is to live. But a chance meeting on the voyage to Alexandria results in a dangerous friendship as Louisa's long-buried past returns, in the form of someone determined to destroy her by preying upon her daughter. As Harriet journeys towards a destiny no one could have foreseen, her aunt Yael is caught up in an Egypt on the brink of revolt and her mother must confront the spectres of her own youth. Award-winning journalist and writer Wendy Wallace spins a tale of three women caught between propriety and love on a journey of cultural awakening through an exquisitely drawn Egypt. In prose both sumptuous and mesmeric, she conjures a sensibility akin to that of E M Forster and Merchant Ivory.
A beautifully written memoir of growing up abandoned in the desert city of Khartoum.