In My Dreams I Dance

Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book In My Dreams I Dance by Anne Wafula-Strike, HarperCollins Publishers
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Anne Wafula-Strike ISBN: 9780007354290
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication: September 15, 2010
Imprint: HarperTrue Language: English
Author: Anne Wafula-Strike
ISBN: 9780007354290
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication: September 15, 2010
Imprint: HarperTrue
Language: English

They said it couldn't be done. But Anne Wafula achieved many remarkable things in her life. This is her incredible story. Struck down with polio at the age of two and a half, Anne overcame the prejudice rife in her native village in Kenya, where neighbours believed she was cursed and called her a snake because of her disability, which left her paralysed below the waist. Losing her mother at a tender age, and sent to a school far away from home, she achieved fantastic academic results, amidst the challenges of a military coup. She went to university and qualified as a teacher, and fell in love with a British man who truly valued her defiant spirit. She moved from a world with no running water to make a life for herself in modern Britain. Where, against all odds, she bore a child, and went on to be the first East African to compete in her sport internationally. Anne is currently in further training, and will be representing Great Britain at the 2012 Paralympics, where she has been tipped as one of our top hundred hopefuls. Meet Anne Wafula, a woman whose determination knows no bounds.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

They said it couldn't be done. But Anne Wafula achieved many remarkable things in her life. This is her incredible story. Struck down with polio at the age of two and a half, Anne overcame the prejudice rife in her native village in Kenya, where neighbours believed she was cursed and called her a snake because of her disability, which left her paralysed below the waist. Losing her mother at a tender age, and sent to a school far away from home, she achieved fantastic academic results, amidst the challenges of a military coup. She went to university and qualified as a teacher, and fell in love with a British man who truly valued her defiant spirit. She moved from a world with no running water to make a life for herself in modern Britain. Where, against all odds, she bore a child, and went on to be the first East African to compete in her sport internationally. Anne is currently in further training, and will be representing Great Britain at the 2012 Paralympics, where she has been tipped as one of our top hundred hopefuls. Meet Anne Wafula, a woman whose determination knows no bounds.

More books from HarperCollins Publishers

Cover of the book How Things Disappear: A Story from the collection, I Am Heathcliff by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book Mussolini: History in an Hour by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book Only Fools and Horses (The Best of British Comedy) by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book Confessions of an Ice Cream Man (Confessions, Book 18) by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book Henry VIII’s Wives: History in an Hour by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book Amen by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book Forgotten Child by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book The Lost Diary of Robin Hood’s Money Man by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book Confessions of a Long Distance Lorry Driver (Confessions, Book 12) by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book A Dark Secret by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book Clifton Bridge by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book Daddy’s Boy by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book Cops and Robbers: The Story of the British Police Car by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book Easy Learning German Grammar by Anne Wafula-Strike
Cover of the book It’s All Their Fault by Anne Wafula-Strike
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy