罗拉·扬：八周：回顾过去、展望未来、克服困难 Eight Weeks : Looking Back, Moving Forwards, Defying the Odds

基本信息

Format:Hardback 336 pages

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint:Fig Tree

ISBN:9780241590638

Published:28 Nov 2024

Weight:400g

Dimensions:222 x 138 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“我对这本书中从孩子成长起来的女人感到敬畏……在童年黑暗纠结的森林中成长所需的纯洁性格是传奇。Bravissima'LEMN SISSAY，《我的名字是为什么》的作者

《八周》是一本感人至深、鼓舞人心的回忆录，讲述了霍恩西的杨男爵夫人非凡的人生故事，从她在寄养家庭的童年到成为上议院一位黑人女性之一。

洛拉·杨曾是一名演员、学者、社会正义活动家和活动家，也是一名中立议员。但从八周到十八岁，她在北伦敦的寄养家庭和儿童之家之间辗转。她花了几十年的时间才开始寻找长期存在的问题的答案，帮助她理解自己的童年。

在《八周》中，通过她的护理记录、记忆碎片和她对故事缺失部分的想象，洛拉将她过去的片段拼凑成一幅童年的画像，在一个经常让她感到被忽视和不被需要的系统中。除了一瞥她作为同龄人、活动家和活动家的生活，它还讲述了她不屈不挠的决心的强大故事。

《八周》是一部充满活力、令人大开眼界、文笔优美的记录，讲述了一个被照顾的孩子和一个白人家庭中的黑人孩子的故事，是当代英国黑人历史的重要组成部分。

“一个关于拒绝、韧性和决心的非凡记录”米歇尔·盖尔

“美丽而令人痛苦，令人深感不安，并深刻地肯定了生命”约翰·阿科姆弗拉

“精彩、感人”海伦娜·肯尼迪 LT KC

“一个鼓舞人心的故事，来自一个鼓舞人心的故事讲述者”加里·杨格

'I am in awe of the woman who grew from the youngster in this book ... The pure character necessary to grow through this dark entangled forest of young life is the stuff of legends. Bravissima' LEMN SISSAY, author of My Name is Why

Eight Weeks is a deeply moving and inspiring memoir that tells the remarkable life story of Baroness Young of Hornsey, from her young life in foster care, to becoming one of the first Black women in the House of Lords.

Lola Young has been an actress, an academic, an activist and campaigner for social justice, and a crossbench peer. But from the age of eight weeks to eighteen years, she was moved between foster care placements and youngsters' homes in North London. It would take many decades before she was able to begin the search for answers to the long-standing questions that would help her make sense of her young life.

In Eight Weeks, through her care records, fragments of memory, and her imagination where parts of her story are missing, Lola assembles the pieces of her past into a portrait of a young life in a system that often made her feel invisible and unwanted. Alongside glimpses into her life as a peer, activist, and campaigner it tells the powerful story of her determination to defy the odds.

Eight Weeks is a spirited, eye-opening and beautifully written account of being a youngster in care and a Black youngster in a white family and is a vital part of contemporary Black British history.

'A remarkable account of rejection, resilience and resolve' MICHELLE

'Beautiful and harrowing, deeply unsettling and profoundly life-affirming' JOHN AKOMFRAH

'Superb, moving' HELENA KENNEDY LT KC

'An inspiring story from an inspirational storyteller' GARY YOUNGE

作者简介

霍恩西的洛拉·杨男爵夫人于 2004 年成为上议院黑人女性议员之一。她在伦敦北部的寄养家庭中长大，就读于新演讲与戏剧学院，后来成为一名演员，之后成为密德萨斯大学的文化研究教授。后来，她从事艺术管理工作，之后于 2001 年获得大英帝国官佐勋章 (OBE)，成为上议院的独立中立议员。她积极参与反对现代奴隶制和道德时尚的活动。2017 年，她担任曼布克奖评审团成员，同时还担任诺丁汉大学校长。

Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey became one of the first Black Women members of the House of Lords in 2004. Raised in foster care in north London, she studied at the New College of Speech and Drama, then worked as an actress, before becoming Professor of Cultural Studies at Middlesex University. Later, she worked in arts administration before receiving an OBE in 2001 and becoming an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords. She is active in campaigns on modern slavery and ethical fashion. In 2017 she was on the Man Booker Prize judging panel, and she is also Chancellor of the University of Nottingham.