Description
Don't Wake Me: The Ballad Of Nihal Armstrong is the unforgettable true story of a mother and her disabled son; a dramatic and poetic testimony of one woman's tireless battles in the struggle for her son's rights. Translating the raw experience of motherhood into a powerful verse monologue, Rahila Gupta reveals the challenges, impediments and frustrations of being repeatedly misunderstood - and of battles won against all the odds.
Don't Wake Me: The Ballad Of Nihal Armstrong is the unforgettable true story of a mother and her disabled son; a dramatic and poetic testimony of one woman's tireless battles in the struggle for her son's rights.
About the Author
Rahila Gupta is a freelance journalist and writer. She has contributed short stories and poems to many anthologies and journals. She co-edited with Rukhsana Ahmad a collection of short stories by Asian women, Flaming Spirit (Virago, 1994). With Kiranjit Ahluwalia she wrote Circle of Light (HarperCollins, 1997), 'the story of a battered woman who killed her violent husband', and co-scripted the feature film Provoked, which was based on the book and released in 2007. As a journalist, she writes for the Guardian and openDemocracy among other papers and websites. She was a member of the writing team on Westway, an award-winning drama series set in a fictional medical centre in multicultural London, for the BBC World Service. In 2003 she edited a collection of political essays on the issues faced by black women in Britain, From Homebreakers to Jailbreakers: Southall black sisters (Zed Press). She was writer-in-residence at Bromley-by-Bow Centre from 2000 until 2005 and has run writing workshops in a range of community and educational settings. Her book on the link between immigration controls and slavery Enslaved: the new British slavery was published in 2007 and was reissued by Portobello Books in May 2008.
Book Information
ISBN 9781786827685
Author Rahila Gupta
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 154g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 10mm
Don't Wake Me: The Ballad Of Nihal Armstrong is the unforgettable true story of a mother and her disabled son; a dramatic and poetic testimony of one woman's tireless battles in the struggle for her son's rights.
About the Author
Rahila Gupta is a freelance journalist and writer. She has contributed short stories and poems to many anthologies and journals. She co-edited with Rukhsana Ahmad a collection of short stories by Asian women, Flaming Spirit (Virago, 1994). With Kiranjit Ahluwalia she wrote Circle of Light (HarperCollins, 1997), 'the story of a battered woman who killed her violent husband', and co-scripted the feature film Provoked, which was based on the book and released in 2007. As a journalist, she writes for the Guardian and openDemocracy among other papers and websites. She was a member of the writing team on Westway, an award-winning drama series set in a fictional medical centre in multicultural London, for the BBC World Service. In 2003 she edited a collection of political essays on the issues faced by black women in Britain, From Homebreakers to Jailbreakers: Southall black sisters (Zed Press). She was writer-in-residence at Bromley-by-Bow Centre from 2000 until 2005 and has run writing workshops in a range of community and educational settings. Her book on the link between immigration controls and slavery Enslaved: the new British slavery was published in 2007 and was reissued by Portobello Books in May 2008.
Book Information
ISBN 9781786827685
Author Rahila Gupta
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 154g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 10mm
