{"product_id":"nanny-ma-and-me-jade-jordan-9781529365023","title":"Nanny, Ma and Me: An Irish Story of Family, Race and Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This story is the result of long hours of delving into the pasts of my nanny and my ma. I hope it will give some insight into the experiences of one family of colour in Ireland today. Most of all, I just want to start a conversation, because once people come together to talk, the possibilities are endless.'\u003c\/i\u003e Jade Jordan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJade Jordan's grandmother, Kathleen, left Ireland for England in the late 1950s to train as a nurse. While there, she fell in love and married a Jamaican man. They had two sons and a daughter, Dominique, and settled in London's diverse Walthamstow. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, in this honest, warm-hearted and often humorous multi-generational memoir, Kathleen, Dominique and her daughter Jade each tell their story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Kathleen's determination to raise her children with love and security in inner-city Dublin, to Dominique's struggle to figure out how she fit in as a young Black teenager, to Jade's own experiences as a Black woman growing up in twenty-first-century Ireland, \u003ci\u003eNanny, Ma \u0026amp; Me \u003c\/i\u003eis a story about race in a country of contradictions. At its heart lies a tale of the power of community, love and three women for whom family is everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jade Jordan, Dominique Jordan, Kathleen Jordan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529365023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529365023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Ireland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Jade Jordan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071592198399,"sku":"9781529365023","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac5caa6f-b880-4a41-a3c9-abe701713b94.jpg?v=1685437015","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nanny-ma-and-me-jade-jordan-9781529365023","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}