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Dhir, Bharti.
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Dhir, Bharti -- Childhood and youth.
Abandoned children -- Uganda.
Adopted children -- Uganda.
Refugee children -- Uganda.
Uganda -- History -- 1971-1979.
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Dhir, Bharti.
Dhir, Bharti -- Childhood and youth.
Abandoned children -- Uganda.
Adopted children -- Uganda.
Refugee children -- Uganda.
Uganda -- History -- 1971-1979.
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Worth : an inspiring true story of abandonment, exile, inner strength and belonging /
Bharti
,
Dhir
.
by
Dhir
,
Bharti
.
Hay House Inc., 2021.
Call #:
921 D534w
Subjects
Dhir
,
Bharti
-- Childhood and youth.
Abandoned children -- Uganda.
Adopted children -- Uganda.
Refugee children -- Uganda.
Uganda -- History -- 1971-1979.
ISBN:
9781401961275 (pbk.)
Description:
xiv, 257 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"The memoir of an African-Asian woman adopted into a Punjabi, Sikh family, and her story of overcoming racism, sexism, health problems and escaping Uganda after the expelling of Asians from the country in 1972. A powerful memoir of overcoming adversity that will inspire you to find strength from within and shape your own destiny.
Bharti
Dhir
faced many challenges in her childhood that could have broken her. As a baby, she was abandoned at a roadside in the Ugandan heat, and miraculously found by a passerby. By divine guidance,
Bharti
's adoptive mother was led to her hospital cot and welcomed
Bharti
into their Punjabi-Sikh family. Despite experiencing sexism and racism as an Asian-African girl, and developing an incurable skin condition,
Bharti
found hope through the fear and prejudice. Then, in 1972 when Idi Amin expelled Asians from Uganda,
Bharti
's family were forced to flee to the UK. She remembers the horrific moment when her adoptive mother was ordered, at gunpoint, to abandon
Bharti
because of the color of her skin. With incredible courage, she refused, risking their lives to protect
Bharti
as her own. Throughout her struggles,
Bharti
retained faith in a divine power within all of us that gives us strength, protects us and loves us unconditionally. Years later, now a social worker specializing in child protection,
Bharti
lives in the UK with an adopted daughter of her own and has found her true purpose and sense of self-worth."--From publisher.
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Autobiographies
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