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Overcome: Stories of Women Who Grew Up in the Child Welfare System
"This collection of 10 women’s stories is not an easy read, but it is a necessary one." —Winnipeg Free Press
Select praise for The Lucky Ones: WINNER – On The Same Page Manitoba selection, 2013-14:
“The book’s shocking first-hand accounts of survival will cause readers to bristle the next time they hear someone cast refugees as ''fraudsters'' or ''just someone here to take our jobs.'' And reading about parents who were forced to run for the border without their children – let alone their passports – will cause people to question the government’s dismissive terminology of bogus and illegal refugees.” —The Catalyst, Citizens for Public Justice Publication
“Anne Mahon faithfully captures refugees’ voices with raw authenticity, imprinting their lives onto our collective memory. Their stories of love, loss, war, and grace capture the dogged human drive to metabolize pain into power for good.” —Lisa Shannon, author of A Thousand Sisters and founder of Run for Congolese Women "This collection of 10 women''s stories is not an easy read, but it is a necessary one." —Winnipeg Free Press
Select praise for The Lucky Ones: WINNER – On The Same Page Manitoba selection, 2013-14:
"The book''s shocking first-hand accounts of survival will cause readers to bristle the next time they hear someone cast refugees as ''fraudsters'' or ''just someone here to take our jobs.'' And reading about parents who were forced to run for the border without their children – let alone their passports – will cause people to question the government''s dismissive terminology of bogus and illegal refugees." —The Catalyst, Citizens for Public Justice Publication
"Anne Mahon faithfully captures refugees'' voices with raw authenticity, imprinting their lives onto our collective memory. Their stories of love, loss, war, and grace capture the dogged human drive to metabolize pain into power for good." —Lisa Shannon, author of A Thousand Sisters and founder of Run for Congolese Women
Select praise for The Lucky Ones: WINNER – On The Same Page Manitoba selection, 2013-14:
“The book’s shocking first-hand accounts of survival will cause readers to bristle the next time they hear someone cast refugees as ''fraudsters'' or ''just someone here to take our jobs.'' And reading about parents who were forced to run for the border without their children – let alone their passports – will cause people to question the government’s dismissive terminology of bogus and illegal refugees.” —The Catalyst, Citizens for Public Justice Publication
“Anne Mahon faithfully captures refugees’ voices with raw authenticity, imprinting their lives onto our collective memory. Their stories of love, loss, war, and grace capture the dogged human drive to metabolize pain into power for good.” —Lisa Shannon, author of A Thousand Sisters and founder of Run for Congolese Women "This collection of 10 women''s stories is not an easy read, but it is a necessary one." —Winnipeg Free Press
Select praise for The Lucky Ones: WINNER – On The Same Page Manitoba selection, 2013-14:
"The book''s shocking first-hand accounts of survival will cause readers to bristle the next time they hear someone cast refugees as ''fraudsters'' or ''just someone here to take our jobs.'' And reading about parents who were forced to run for the border without their children – let alone their passports – will cause people to question the government''s dismissive terminology of bogus and illegal refugees." —The Catalyst, Citizens for Public Justice Publication
"Anne Mahon faithfully captures refugees'' voices with raw authenticity, imprinting their lives onto our collective memory. Their stories of love, loss, war, and grace capture the dogged human drive to metabolize pain into power for good." —Lisa Shannon, author of A Thousand Sisters and founder of Run for Congolese Women
Finalist, Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction
Finalist, Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher
With a foreword by Beatrice Mosionier.
Abandonment, loss, endless transitions, self-reliance, continued persistence, and fierce beauty all coexist in this compelling collection of stories of ten women who journey from victims of the child welfare system to survivors, and beyond. These women face endless challenges, oppression, and trauma but discover their power through creativity, self-awareness, education, motherhood, and extreme empathy.
- | Author: Anne Mahon
- | Publisher: Great Plains Publications Ltd
- | Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
- | Number of Pages:
- | Language:
- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781773370835
- | ISBN-10: 1773370839
- Author:
- Anne Mahon
- Publisher:
- Great Plains Publications Ltd
- Publication Date:
- Oct 01, 2022
- Binding:
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN-13:
- 9781773370835
- ISBN10:
- 1773370839