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Far from Home (Street Child): The sisters of Street Child

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I really no idea that such atrocities had occurred and I'm very glad to have had my eyes opened to this time of turmoil in Zimbabwe's history. His story was written up for him by John Brown and there is no knowing whether the accounts of Blincoe or the retelling were strictly accurate, but it gave me many clues about the harshness of the living and working conditions of children during the Industrial Revolution, and of the cruelty of many mill-owners and overseers. Microsoft’s associate general counsel shares this story that is “as nuanced as it is hopeful” (Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader) about his rise from childhood poverty in pre-gentrified New York City to a stellar career at the top of the technology and music industries in this stirring true story of grit and perseverance.

Life is tough in Victorian times, the world into which Alice Peasbody is born - and Alice is a girl with no nose.A parallel volume to Doherty’s powerful 2009 story set in the 1860s around Jim Jarvis, Dr Barnado’s inspiration for the orphanages he set up. Bruce Jackson provides a valuable example of a non-traditional pathway to success in a very traditional career path. The abuses and agonies they had to receive from the whites (who claimed themselves their master) were unbearable. And the story ends at the point it gets most interesting, when the different worlds of the central characters collide far from the land they love. Suddenly I am nearly overcome with the urge to scream, to let everyone within earshot know that I DON’T BELONG HERE!

I do not know much about what happened in Africa during that time, but I feel as if I learned so much from this book! The inevitable train wreck of her lies looms on the horizon for months in an overlong morality play building to the climax that includes tidy resolutions to all the character arcs that are quite heartwarming but, in the case of Cass’ estranged mother, narratively unearned. The Houses are a city within a city: nine acres, more than a thousand residents, and countless stories that never see the light of day.That said, the ending was very preachy and the forced plot connections could be a major turnoff to YA readers.

The scenes showcasing his emotional growth are too brief and, despite foreshadowing, the climax falls flat because he still gets incredible personal access to people he’s hurt. Blain looks at the big questions — mortality, grief, forgiveness — through the lens of one family’s everyday struggle to love each other. Tariro's fighting spirit is awoken when her people, the Karanga who have the totem of a lion, are driven off their fertile land. Set in Rhodesia which later became Zimbabwe, this book narrates two strands of a life potrait, as different as they are alike.

The characters are brilliantly written, and it is simply awesome to see two female protagonists take centre stage. There are some quite upsetting scenes in this book but it's a very worthwhile novel as it really brings to life how hard things would have been in Victorian London.

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