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Trapped half the world away from her home and her husband, the coronavirus has brought Aisha Lowe closer to her English grandchildren than ever before. Immersed in their world for these nine months, she has seen a stark contrast between their lives and her own childhood. Now, with nothing but time on her hands a desire to connect, she has the perfect opportunity to help them understand their grandmother.
Going all the way back to her roots, Aisha unpacks the reality of a childhood in rural Africa, and the unlikely journey she has made from there to become the worldly woman she is today. Her life has not always been easy, but she has found joy wherever she has gone, and takes nothing for granted. This is the world as seen by Aisha, and it is beautiful.
ISBN : 978-1-80074-307-6
Published: 31/03/2022
Pages : 233
Size : 205x140
Imprint : Olympia Publishers
Aisha Lowe was born in 1957 in a rural village in what was then known as Tanganyika. She came to Britain with her husband and four children in 1984. Three years later, the family went to live in the Solomon Islands, staying there for six years before returning to England, where Aisha went on to work in a variety of jobs. Later, she and her husband spent eight years in China before retiring to live in a Derbyshire village, where they intend to spend their time walking, gardening and visiting their children and grandchildren in England and Dubai.