Black Sheep: A Story of Rural Racism, Identity and Hope
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- Synopsis
- Sabrina Pace-Humphreys is a 43-year-old mother of four and grandmother of two, 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 Church of England 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 here: 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. Sabrina's 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 triumph: of grit and determination, of hope over despair.(P) 2022 Quercus Editions Limited
- Copyright:
- 2022
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781529418583
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781529418552
- Publisher:
- Quercus
- Date of Addition:
- 11/22/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Sabrina Pace-Humphreys
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Narrated By:
- Sabrina Pace-Humphreys
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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