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Song For Sarah - Lessons From My Mother (Hardcover) Loot Price: R71
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Song For Sarah - Lessons From My Mother (Hardcover)

Jonathan Jansen, Naomi Jansen

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Jonathan Jansen is the former Vice Chancellor of the University of the Free State, with a formidable reputation for transformation and for a deep commitment to reconciliation in communities living with the heritage of apartheid. In this, Jansen’s most personal and intimate book to date, South Africa’s beloved professor contemplates the stereotypes and stigma so readily applied to Cape Flats mothers as bawdy, lusty and gap-toothed – and offers this endearing antidote as a praise song to mothers everywhere who raise families and build communities in difficult places.

As a young man, Jansen questioned how mothers managed to raise children in trying circumstances – and then realised that the answer was right in front of him in the form of Sarah Jansen, his own mother. Tracing her early life in Montagu and the consequences of apartheid’s forced removals, Jansen unpacks how strong women managed to not only keep families together, but raise them with integrity.

With his trademark delicacy, humour and frankness, Jansen follows his mother’s life story as a young nurse and mother to five children, and shows how mothers dealt with their pasts, organised their homes, made sense of politics, managed affection, communicated core values – how they led their lives. As a balance to his own recollections, Jansen has called on his sister, Naomi, to offer her own insights and memories, adding special value to this touching personal memoir.

General

Imprint: Bookstorm
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: April 2017
Authors: Jonathan Jansen • Naomi Jansen
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 978-1-928257-29-5
Categories: Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Places & peoples: general interest
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General
Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Family & other relationships > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General
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Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Travel > Places & peoples: general interest
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LSN: 1-928257-29-1
Barcode: 9781928257295

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Mon, 17 Jan 2022 | Review by: Annamarie K.

Excellent read full of nostalgia and the realities of a bygone era. Beautiful memories crafted about a mother who took care of her family. Sustained by her faith and forging a path for her family. It tugged at my heart, made me cry , laugh and made me ponder. Thanks for a vvd portrait of a Proverbs 31 woman.

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