Sweet Liberia, Lessons from the Coal Pot / Sunrise Consulting (ePub)
Lessons from the Coal Pot
(Sprache: Englisch)
Sweet Liberia, Lessons from the Coal Pot is a delightful, painfully honest memoir that chronicles the thick slice of humanity sandwiched between Liberia's April 12, 1980 coup and the Civil War in 1989. Like many others who embraced Black Pride, Afros,...
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Sweet Liberia, Lessons from the Coal Pot is a delightful, painfully honest memoir that chronicles the thick slice of humanity sandwiched between Liberia's April 12, 1980 coup and the Civil War in 1989. Like many others who embraced Black Pride, Afros, African clothing and names in the 70s, Susan and thousands more took it one step further and immigrated to Mother Africa. This touching memoir is set against the author's personal growth, her cultural struggles, and her triumphs, and is an informative, personally revealing, and often-comical account of her family's eleven-year journey immersed in the rich culture of Liberia, West Africa. "Many have wondered what it would be like to pack up our things and move to a new country, but none of us have imagined having to flee our new homeland with our children and barely more than the clothes on our back. Yet, Susan Peters managed to do just that while maintaining her faith which would eventually help her rebuild her life and...
Autoren-Porträt von Susan D. Peters
Susan Peters, a native of Chicago's south side, is a graduate of DuSable High School and DePaul University. Always adventurous, Susan's curiosity lured her to Liberia, West Africa for eleven years. Her family's escape during the Liberian Civil War is the spellbinding account of her first book, a memoir, Sweet Liberia, Lessons from the Coal Pot. Sweet Liberia received the 2010 Black Excellence Award for Non-Fiction by the African American Alliance of Chicago and in 2011 the book was awarded a prize for Non-Fiction from the Illinois Press Women's Association. A lifelong author of poetry, inspirational essays, short stories, and plays her writings will be featured in the IPWA's 2014 anthology, a collection of the works of twenty-three women writers. Broken Dolls, Susan's second book, represents her foray into the mystery market and is the first of a series featuring Detective Joi Sommers as its heroine. Susan currently produces a weekly talk radio program and manages community relations at a prestigious academic medical center. In addition to her busy career, she has raised five children and is the proud grandmother to a host of grandchildren.
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- Autor: Susan D. Peters
- 2015, Englisch
- Verlag: Sunrise Consulting
- ISBN-10: 0982712537
- ISBN-13: 9780982712535
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2015
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