{"product_id":"im-not-a-nurse-jessica-bailey-9780645606904","title":"I'm Not a Nurse","description":"\u003cp\u003eI am called ejechi in Ukwuani, meaning \"to leave and return\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a child, Jessica's natural ability to tell stories entertained her friends and frightened her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewidowed mother. After being kicked out of every Nigerian home available to her, Jessica arrives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein Ghana, where she meets a nurturing man who offers her Mars Bars and an Australian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emarriage. Her new world provides a life of conditional luxury - if she wants to earn her own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emoney, she must become a cleaner or a nurse. When a kind stranger encourages her to study film\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einstead, her husband supports her - until he loses his lucrative job and becomes violent. Jessica\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereturns to Nigeria, convinced that she can make the most of her Australian education there -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003euntil she remembers that as a Nigerian, she can reach her goals anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm Not a Nurse is the memoir of a displaced storyteller who must survive homelessness, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eviolence and racism across two continents to come into her own power as a black African\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecreator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'We make things happen' - that is the sound of Nigerian blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Bailey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0645606901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645606904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Great Jessica Bailey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Jessica Bailey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483612164351,"sku":"9780645606904","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0cfb126d-2225-4f16-a6ce-20b52c22fbdb.jpg?v=1778039570","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/im-not-a-nurse-jessica-bailey-9780645606904","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}