FOREWORD by Joy Kogawa
INTRODUCTION by Gina Valle

Passages
Nora Lusterio and Anna Lusterio (PHILIPPINES)

Women of Letters: Stories Breathed to Me by My Mother
Vivian Hansen (DENMARK)

Memories of Maria
Christine Bellini (ITALY)

Lessons from Yea-Yea
Harriett Grant (JAMAICA)

Grand[M]Other Tongue
Helen (Bajorek) MacDonald (POLAND)

Obaachan: The Storyteller
Natsuko Kokubu (JAPAN)

Keeper of the Kopek
Alys Murphy (UKRAINE)

Yiayia’s Whispered Prayers
Elpida Morfetas (GREECE)

Sit on a Cushion, Sew a Fine Seam
Nicola Lyle (IRELAND)

Sign of the Dragon
Erika Willaert (CHINA)

Who I Am Because of Who She Was
Eva Tihanyi (HUNGARY)

Seeing through Amber-Coloured Glasses
Alanna F. Bondar (LITHUANIA)

Pushpa: The Exquisite Flower
Dimple Raja (INDIA)

Twelve Golden Guineas
Susan Evans Shaw (ENGLAND)

“In Adversity, Hold Your Head High and Your Shoulders Back”
Karen Diaz (TRINIDAD)

L’Chaim - To Life
Jo-Anne Berman (RUSSIA, JEWISH)

Homage to Nonna
Gina Valle (ITALY)

Afternoon Tea in the Clouds
Zeynep Varoglu (TURKEY)

 

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