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Sister Josephine
Book by Traynor, Joanna
228 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2000
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About the author
Joanna Traynor
4 books1 followerJoanna Traynor is the author of Sister Josephine, Divine and Bitch Money, all published by Bloomsbury, and an educational television producer/writer.
Joanna was born in London but raised in foster care in Chester. She is of mixed race - her mother was a daughter of Irish immigrants and her father Nigerian.
Her first novel, Sister Josephine, won the SAGA Prize in 1996[1:]. Joanna described the novel as: "..a semi-autobiographical account of a foster child on a white northern working class council estate and her experience of hospital life as a nurse in Liverpool. I used my own childhood as a canvas and painted things on it." Joanna is passionate about writing, communications, technology and relationship counselling.
Joanna was born in London but raised in foster care in Chester. She is of mixed race - her mother was a daughter of Irish immigrants and her father Nigerian.
Her first novel, Sister Josephine, won the SAGA Prize in 1996[1:]. Joanna described the novel as: "..a semi-autobiographical account of a foster child on a white northern working class council estate and her experience of hospital life as a nurse in Liverpool. I used my own childhood as a canvas and painted things on it." Joanna is passionate about writing, communications, technology and relationship counselling.
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May 12, 2018
Poignant tale of a mixed race girl growing up in care and trying to make her way in the world.
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