The author reflects on the unusual relationship she had with her mother.

Cette histoire est celle du petit prince de la rue, la mienne. C'est également celle de gars et de filles qui ont laissé la mort ou la vie choisir à leur place. Si je peux me raconter maintenant, c'est que je me suis libéré de moi-même, Insha Allah, que je ne suis plus esclave de ma rage. Je suis moi, fier d'être moi, et surtout j'ai réussi à suivre mon destin et ma passion en restant moi. Et ça, crois-moi, c'est tout un exploit.

"Sitting in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is a rough cotton bag, called "Ashley's Sack," embroidered with just a handful of words that evoke a sweeping family story of loss and of love passed down through generations. In 1850s South Carolina, just before nine-year-old Ashley was sold, her mother, Rose, gave her a sack filled with just a few things as a token of her love. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter,...

Sadie Roper moved back to London determined to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. She needs to get her daughter settled into one of the most exclusive schools in the city. She's going to get back the high-flying criminal barrister career she sacrificed for marriage ten years earlier. But Sadie finds herself on the outside as she navigates the fraught politics of the school gate. A scandalous, high-profile case is the perfect opportunity to...

A memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs and artist Chrisann Brennan.