登入選單
返回Google圖書搜尋
Where I Was and Who I’ve Become
Josephine M'Msafiri
出版FriesenPress, 2020-12-14
主題Biography & Autobiography / Personal MemoirsSelf-Help / AbusePoetry / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss
ISBN15255852829781525585289
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=JssOEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBookSAMPLE
註釋I wanna see myself through someone else’s eyes. I wanna try to not live a lie.
But it’s hard when every time you’re told a lie. I just want my soul to fly...

When Josephine M'Msafiri immigrated to Canada as a young girl, she expected to soar with new opportunities; instead, her new life brought her torment and pain. Where I Was and Who I’ve Become is an intimate look into a young woman’s traumatic childhood where bullying, racism, and sexual abuse led to anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.

I wanted to die just for a moment to get a sense of relief.

But this is also a tale of triumph over adversity as she navigates her way through challenges to let her soul fl y on the wings of self-advocacy, self acceptance, and self-love. Josephine began writing poems to express the emotions trapped inside her; she wrote this book to give herself a voice