Swimming in a Red Sea

by Lawrelynd Bowin

The memoir Swimming in a Red Sea tells the story of 39-year-old Lawra Linda Bawman, an African Canadian who grew up in Port Kamsar, Guinea; studied politics in Moscow; married a Dutchman; moved to Vancouver and now resides in Brussels. Multiple migrations are merely part of the search for identity of a young woman whose youth was marred by gendered ordeals. Jailed as a girl by her uncle for flirting with a boy, she is raped, subjected to FGM, and,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3981856309
• ISBN13: 9783981856309
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Uncut/Voices Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"