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Children Take Us\, Zain E. A sher\, tells the story of her mother's harrowing fight to raise four child ren as a widowed immigrant in South London. There is tragedy in this tale\ , but it is not a tragedy. Drawing on tough-love parenting strategies\, Ob iajulu Ejiofor teaches her sons and daughters to overcome the daily pressu res of poverty\, crime and prejudice--and much more. With her relentless s upport\, 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\, and a thriving entrepreneur.
\nWhen gri ef threatens to engulf her fractured family after a fatal accident\, Obiaj ulu\, suddenly a single mother in a foreign land\, refuses to accept defea t. As her children veer down the wrong path\, she instills a family book c lub with Western literary classics\, testing their resolve and challenging their deeper understanding. Desperate for inspiration\, she plasters news paper clippings of Black success stories on the walls and hunts for overac hieving neighbors to serve as role models\, all while running Shakespeare theatre lines with her son and finishing homework into the early morning w ith Zain. When distractions persist\, she literally cuts the TV cord and i nstalls a residential pay phone.
\nThe story of a woman who survived genocide\, famine\, poverty\, and crushing grief to rise from war torn Af rica to the streets of South London and eventually the drawing rooms of Bu ckingham Palace\, \;Where the Children Take Us \;is an unforgettab le portrait of strength\, tenacity\, love\, and perseverance embodied in o ne towering woman.
\nAbout the Author: \;
\nBorn and raise d in London\, Zain Asher graduated from Oxford University where she studie d French and Spanish and graduated with a distinction in oral Spanish. In 2006\, she earned an MS from Columbia University's Graduate School of Jour nalism.
\nAsher is an anchor for CNN International based in New York . She anchors the new global news program\, One World with Zain Asher\, an d also hosts Marketplace Africa\, CNN International's weekly business show about the continent and its place within global markets. \;
\n" Where the Children Take Us\," a memoir based on Asher&rsquo\;s childhood\, is her first book and was published in April 2022. \;
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