Overview
A deeply personal memoir from Mina Smallman - former Archdeacon of Southend, activist and mother to Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman - which is an urgent call for justice and for positive change in Britain today. 'I'd walk across hot coals to speak alongside Mina Smallman... An amazing woman' - Jess Phillips, MP 'Mina Smallman is as tough as she is warm' - Guardian Mina Smallman has lived through the unimaginable. On Saturday 6 June 2020, her daughters, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, were killed in a park by a male stranger as they celebrated Bibaa's birthday. Mina has been fighting for justice ever since - for her daughters, and for the rest of us, by challenging the toxic culture in the Metropolitan Police and calling out the wider institutional misogyny, racism and classism in Britain. Now, she tells her story for the first time. Framed by Mina's experience of losing her two daughters, Bibaa and Nicole, A Better Tomorrow reflects on the lessons in strength, forgiveness and hope that life has taught her - from her difficult childhood, to her embrace of motherhood, her time as a schoolteacher, and then as the first woman of colour to be an Archdeacon in the Church of England. Told through grief and with compassion, humour and love, this deeply personal memoir is Mina's beacon of hope.
Full Product Details
Author: Mina Smallman
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Imprint: Ebury Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.466kg
ISBN: 9781529199710
ISBN 10: 1529199719
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 25 July 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Mina Smallman is as tough as she is warm * The Guardian *
Mina Smallman is as tough as she is warm * The Guardian * A strong, outspoken and eloquent activist * Daily Mail * I'd walk across hot coals to speak alongside Mina Smallman... An amazing woman * Jess Phillips, MP * Mina Smallman is all of us, except she's stronger than most of us * Dawn Butler, MP *
Author Information
Mina Smallman is an activist and the former Archdeacon of Southend. Prior to becoming the first woman of colour to be an Archdeacon in the Church of England, Mina worked as a schoolteacher for 15 years. On 6 June 2020, her daughters, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, were murdered by a male stranger as they celebrated Bibaa's birthday in Fryent Country Park, London. Mina has been fighting for justice for her daughters - and for a safer, better and more equal Britain - ever since.
