In Where the Children Take Us\, Zain E. As
her\, tells the story of her mother's harrowing fight to raise four childr
en as a widowed immigrant in South London. 
Dr
awing on tough-love parenting strategies\, Obiajulu Ejiofor teaches her so
ns and daughters to overcome the daily pressures of poverty\, crime and pr
ejudice--and much more. With her relentless support\, the children exceed
all expectations--becoming a CNN anchor\, an Oscar-nominated actor--Asher'
s older brother Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)--a medical doctor\, an
d a thriving entrepreneur.
When grief threatens to engulf her frac tured family after a fatal accident\, Obiajulu\, suddenly a single mother in a foreign land\, refuses to accept defeat. As her children veer down th e wrong path\, she instills a family book club with Western literary class ics\, testing their resolve and challenging their deeper understanding. De sperate for inspiration\, she plasters newspaper clippings of Black succes s stories on the walls and hunts for overachieving neighbors to serve as r ole models\, all while running Shakespeare theatre lines with her son and finishing homework into the early morning with Zain. When distractions per sist\, she literally cuts the TV cord and installs a residential pay phone . The story of a woman who survived genocide\, famine\, poverty\, and crus hing grief to rise from war torn Africa to the streets of South London and eventually the drawing rooms of Buckingham Palace\, Where the Children Ta ke Us is an unforgettable portrait of strength\, tenacity\, love\, and per severance embodied in one towering woman.
\nBorn and raised in Londo n\, Zain Asher graduated from Oxford University where she studied French a nd Spanish and graduated with a distinction in oral Spanish. In 2006\, she earned an MS from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. As her is an anchor for CNN International based in New York. She anchors the new global news program\, One World with Zain Asher\, and also hosts Marke tplace Africa\, CNN International's weekly business show about the contine nt and its place within global markets.
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