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One of the big memoirs of the summer i news

A potent tale of triumph over adversity. Angry but never bitter, Wheatle''s compassion shines through the pain Observer

Alex is a truly gifted storyteller, and the way he details his own story here is no exception JEFFREY BOAKYE


In this breathtaking memoir, acclaimed writer Alex Wheatle shows how music became his salvation through a childhood marred by abuse.

Abandoned as a baby to the British care system, Alex grows up with no knowledge of his Jamaican parentage or family history. Later, he is inexorably drawn to reggae, his lifeline through disrupted teenage years, the challenges of living as a young Black man in 1980s Britain and his imprisonment for protesting against systemic racism and police brutality.

Alex''s youth was portrayed in Oscar Award-winning director Steve McQueen''s Small Axe series. In Sufferah, he tells his own story, urgently, vividly

Sufferah

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One of the big memoirs of the summer i newsA potent tale of triumph over adversity. Angry but never bitter,... Read more

    Publisher: Quercus Publishing
    Publication Date: 1/25/2024
    ISBN13: 9781529428452, 978-1529428452
    ISBN10: 1529428459

    Non Fiction , Entertainment

    Description

    One of the big memoirs of the summer i news

    A potent tale of triumph over adversity. Angry but never bitter, Wheatle''s compassion shines through the pain Observer

    Alex is a truly gifted storyteller, and the way he details his own story here is no exception JEFFREY BOAKYE


    In this breathtaking memoir, acclaimed writer Alex Wheatle shows how music became his salvation through a childhood marred by abuse.

    Abandoned as a baby to the British care system, Alex grows up with no knowledge of his Jamaican parentage or family history. Later, he is inexorably drawn to reggae, his lifeline through disrupted teenage years, the challenges of living as a young Black man in 1980s Britain and his imprisonment for protesting against systemic racism and police brutality.

    Alex''s youth was portrayed in Oscar Award-winning director Steve McQueen''s Small Axe series. In Sufferah, he tells his own story, urgently, vividly

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