Black Sheep. A Story Of Rural Racism, Identity And Hope

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Quercus
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2023
Edition: First Edition

Description: 275 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Sabrina Pace-Humphreys is a 44-year-old mother of four and grandmother of three, an award-winning businesswoman, an ultrarunner, a social justice activist and a recovering alcoholic. She is a mixed-raced woman, the daughter of a white Scottish Roman Catholic woman and a Black man. When she was two, her parents separated and Sabrina, her mother and her white-presenting younger sister moved to a small market town where no-one looked like her. From as young as she can remember, she was the subject of verbal and physical racist abuse.In Black Sheep, Sabrina reveals how she got from there to about growing up in a home, a school and a town where no-one looked like her and her subsequent struggle to understand and find her identity; about her lived experience of rural racism; about becoming a teenage mother and her determination to break that stereotype; about her battle with alcoholism and her mental health; about how running saved her life; and ultimately about how someone can not only survive but thrive in spite of their past. Sabrinas experience will chime with anyone who has felt like an outsider. Poignant and eye-opening, and exploring themes of trauma, identity, mental health and addiction, Black Sheep is a tale of of grit and determination, of hope over despair.Honest and authentic - I could not put it down Michelle Griffith Robinson OLYBlack Sheep is powerful testimony for anyone seeking to deepen their own anti-racist journey. This is passionate, raw writing, with moments of reflection that we can all learn from. Its a story that had to be told, and must be heard Jeffrey Boakye

ISBN: 9781529418569