Kris Holloway
Author
Publisher
Oneworld
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Monique Dembele saves lives and dispenses hope in a place where child-birth is a life-and-death matter. Her passion to improve the lot of the women & children in her West African village is matched by her humour in the face of an unhappy marriage & hard work. This is the story of a rare friendship between a young volunteer & a midwife.
Author
Publisher
TSB
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Irene's childhood is cut short when she and her family are deported to Nazi-controlled prison camps and finally Bergen-Belsen, where she is a fellow prisoner with Anne Frank. Later forbidden from speaking about her experiences by the American relatives who cared for her, Irene is now making up for lost time. Irene has shared the stage with peacemakers such as the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Elie Wiesel, and she considers it her duty to tell her...