Overview
In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain E. Asher pays tribute to her motherās strength and determination to raise four successful children in the shadow of tragedy.Ā
Awaiting the return of her husband and young son from a road trip, Obiajulu Ejiofor receivesĀ shattering news. ThereāsĀ been a fatal car crash, and one of themĀ is dead.
Ā InĀ Where the Children Take Us, Obiajuluās daughter, Zain E. Asher, tells the story of her motherās harrowingĀ fightĀ toĀ raiseĀ four childrenĀ as a widowed immigrantĀ in South London.Ā There is tragedy in this tale, but it is not a tragedy. Drawing on tough-love parenting strategies, Obiajulu teaches her sons and daughters to overcome theĀ daily pressures of poverty, crime and prejudiceāand much more. With her relentless support, the childrenĀ exceed all expectationsābecomingĀ a CNN anchor, an Oscar-nominated actorāAsherās older brother Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)āa medical doctor, and a thriving entrepreneur.Ā
The generations-old Nigerian parentingĀ techniquesĀ that lead to the family's salvationĀ wereĀ born in the village whereĀ youngĀ Obiajulu andĀ Arinze meetĀ with their country on the brink of war.Ā Together, they emigrate to London in the 1970s to escapeĀ the violence,Ā butĀ soonĀ confront aĀ different set of challenges in the West.Ā
When grief threatens to engulf her fractured familyĀ after the accident, Obiajulu, suddenly a single mother in a foreign land, refuses to accept defeat. As her children veer down the wrongĀ path, sheĀ instills aĀ familyĀ book club with Western literary classics,Ā testing theirĀ resolveĀ and challenging their deeper understanding. Desperate for inspiration, she plasters newspaper clippings of Black success stories on the walls and hunts for overachieving neighbors to serve as role models, all whileĀ runningĀ ShakespeareĀ theatre lines with her son and finishing homework into the early morning with Zain. When distractions persist, she literally cuts the TV cord and installs a residential pay phone.
The story of a woman who survived genocide, famine, poverty, and crushing grief to rise from war torn Africa to the streets of South London and eventually the drawing rooms of Buckingham Palace, Where the Children Take UsĀ is an unforgettable portrait of strength, tenacity, love, and perseverance embodied in one towering woman.
This book title, Where the Children Take Us (How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable) - 9780063211117, ISBN: 9780063211117, by Zain E. Asher, published by HarperCollins (April 26, 2022) is available in paperback (large print). Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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