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“vanessa a bee”

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  • Home Bound

    An Uprooted Daughter's Reflections on Belonging

    by Vanessa A. Bee ...
    **"This moving book is both an act of defiance — a way to construct a home outside of borders — and a timely manifesto on the need for more equitable housing policy in America, weaving her scholarship in economic justice together with her firsthand experience of the many places she’s lived. “Home Bound” is not just a resonant personal history, but also a thoroughly researched investigation of home ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Home Bound

    An Uprooted Daughter's Reflections on Belonging

    by Vanessa A. Bee ...
    Narrated by Vanessa A. Bee, Sean Crisden ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 3 min

    In this memoir of identity and discovery, Vanessa A. Bee explores the way we define "home" and "belonging"—from her birth in Yaoundé, Cameroon, to her adoption, to experiencing housing insecurity in Europe and her eventual immigration to the US. After her parents' divorce, Vanessa traveled with her mother to Lyon and later to London, eventually settling in Reno, Nevada, as a teenager, right around ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Very Recent History

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