Nanny, Ma and me Jordan Jade
Nanny, Ma and me Jordan Jade 'This story is the result of long hours of delving into the pasts of my nanny and my ma. Most of all, I just want to start a conversation, because once people come…
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Nanny, Ma and me Jordan Jade
'This story is the result of long hours of delving into the pasts of my nanny and my ma. Most of all, I just want to start a conversation, because once people come together to talk, the possibilities are endless.' Jade JordanJade Jordan's grandmother, Kathleen, left Ireland for England in the late 1950s to train as a nurse. I hope it will give some insight into the experiences of one family of colour in Ireland today.
They had two sons and a daughter, Dominique, and settled in London's diverse Walthamstow. While there, she fell in love and married a Jamaican man. But when Kathleen decided to return home to Dublin, she discovered that the colour of her children's skin set them apart - and that their new lives would be very different to the ones they had known.Here, in this honest, warm-hearted and often humorous multi-generational memoir, Kathleen, Dominique and her