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This audiobook is strikingly and passionately read by the author, Alun Wyn Jones. 'A true warrior. He demands excellence from himself and others around him. He has had success and disappointment, joy and sadness. People think they know him but unless you read this book you will never know the...

Catherine Corless could not have known where her interest in local history would lead her as she began researching the Tuam Mother and Baby Home in Galway in 2010. Uncovering no less than 796 missing burial records of children born there, the stark truth of their place of rest became clear: a disused sewage tank on the old home site, where two boys had once stumbled upon bones.

Reflecting on family, identity and nature, Belonging is a personal memoir about what it is to have and make a home. It is a love letter to nature, especially the northern landscapes of Scotland and the Scots pinewoods of Abernethy—home to standing dead trees known as snags, which support the overall health of the forest. Belonging is a book about how we are held in thrall to elements of our past. It speaks to the importance of attention and reflection, and will encourage us all to look and observe and ask questions of ourselves.

Belonging: A Journey from Rejection to Identity is the powerful true story of Gofaone Pearl Khumoetsile—a woman who turned pain into purpose, rejection into identity, and survival into triumph. Born in Botswana and shaped by hardship, Gofaone’s life took a dramatic turn when she moved to Ireland with little more than faith and determination. With the unwavering support of her mentor, Mrs. Tebogo Mosale Ncube, and her beloved aunt, Lenah Baloi, she overcame daunting challenges—from working low-paying jobs on a visitor’s visa to fighting for the chance to build a better life for her son.

An unflinching look at the challenges and misunderstandings mixed-race people face in family spaces and intimate relationships across their varying cultural backgrounds In this emotionally powerful and intellectually provocative blend of memoir, cultural criticism, and theory, scholar and...