Never Stop Walking
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3.9
Christina Rickardsson
An extraordinary memoir of one woman's fight to find her true self between the life into which she was born and the one she was given. Christiana Mara Coelho was born into extreme poverty in Brazil. After spending the first seven years of her life with her loving mother in the forest caves outside São Paulo and then on the city streets, where they begged for food, she and her younger brother were suddenly put up for adoption. When one door closed on the only life Christiana had ever known and on the woman who protected her with all her heart, a new one opened. As Christina Rickardsson, she's raised by caring adoptive parents in Sweden, far from the despairing favelas of her childhood. Accomplished and outwardly "normal," Christina is also filled with rage over what she's lost and having to adapt to a new reality while struggling with the traumas of her youth. When her world falls apart again as an adult, Christina returns to Brazil to finally confront her past and unlock the truth of what really happened to Christiana Mara Coelho. A memoir of two selves, Never Stop Walking is the moving story of the profound love between families and one woman's journey from grief and loss to survival and self-discovery.
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Author
Christina Rickardsson
Pages
255
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Published Date
2018-11-27
ISBN
1503901610 9781503901612
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"I seriously felt every emotion you could possibly feel while reading this book. There where moments where I could feel the pain and fear that Christina must have felt living on the streets as a child. The absolute horror when she saw her best friend murdered in front of her. The encompassing love she has for her mother as she tells her story of both the past and present. The way she switched back and forth between her journey back to her home country to relearn her past and her slightly muddled memories of her youth does not feel stressful or draining to read like some books can feel. It's very fluid abd organic. Each memory correlating with her present journey. It makes it very easy and comfortable to read as well as give you a bit of an emotional break from the memories. Not always is it relieving bit getting parts of the story was a little easier than to get it in one whole chunk.<br/><br/>This book was an emotional journey and experience. I greatly enjoyed reading it. I won't lie I had to take an emotion vacation in between some bits of the story and took a little time to process what was happening and feel greatful for my life experiences the good and the bad, because they got me where I am today. I suggest this book to anyone who is ready for a journey of love an what those who love each other will do to make things right."
Renee Delcourt