Anatomy of a Miracle Pb

History

Waldmeir, Patti

Africa

Penguin

Anatomy of a Miracle: The End of Apartheid and the Birth of the New South Africa

A dramatic chronicle of nearly a decade in the evolution from apartheid to black majority rule in South Africa ranges from a secret 1985 meeting between Mandela and a white government minister to Mandela's inauguration as president of a new country. Tour.

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Physical description; xvi, 303 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects; Apartheid - South Africa. South Africa - Politics and government - 1989-1994.

Anatomy of a Miracle

London: Viking

The late 1980s were a dismal time inside South Africa. Mandela's African National Congress was banned. Thousands of ANC supporters were jailed without charge. Government hit squads assassinated and terrorized opponents of white rule. Ordinary South Africans, black and white, lived in a perpetual state of dread. Journalist Patti Waldmeir evokes this era of uncertainty in Anatomy of a Miracle, her comprehensive new book about the stunning and-historically speaking-swift tranformation of South Africa from white minority oligarchy to black-ruled democracy. Much that Waldmeir documents in this carefully researched and elegantly written book has been well reported in the press and in previous books. But what distinguishes her work is a reporter's attention to detail and a historian's sense of sweep and relevance. . . .Waldmeir has written a deeply reasoned book, but one that also acknowledges the power of human will and the tug of shared destiny."-Philadelphia Inquirer

Rutgers University Press

When single mother Patti Waldmeir decides to raise her two adopted Chinese daughters close to their culture, the whole family embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. They move to Shanghai when Lucy and Grace are seven and eight and stay until they are in high school. Waldmeir, an award-winning author and foreign correspondent, interrogates everyone from orphanage officials to masseurs, from trash pickers to child brides, to uncover the human story of why so many Chinese girls were sent overseas for adoption. She makes an astounding discovery in a Chinese alleyway, and takes her girls deep into the streets of Shanghai and the vast countryside of China, to explore what it means to be Chinese—and American at the same time. Funny, heartwarming, gut-wrenching, and raw, this book examines important questions about identity, race and culture—through the prism of one extraordinary family’s entertaining adventures in China. When you designate OneSky before shopping on Amazon, a portion of your purchase will go to supporting life changing programs for vulnerable children in China and elsewhere in Asia: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/95-4714047

Chinese Lessons: An American mother teaches her children how to be Chinese in China

Parenting & Relationships

Adoption

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