Named : A Story of Names and Reclaiming Who We Are - Camilla Balshaw Pages:288 pages fury and compassion

fury and compassion

Fodor's Philadelphiaguidebook is packed with maps

and how they go on working below the surface of our lives

Sometimes - not often - a book comes along that feels like Christmas

including mini lemon polenta cakes and cardamom and blackberry financiers

Named : A Story of Names and Reclaiming Who We Are - Camilla Balshaw Pages:288 pages fury and compassionGutsy, entertaining and thought provoking A marvellous book.' Diana EvansWhat's in a name? Everything we carry, and everything we are. Our names are a shadow we carry around with us. They are part of who we are. Our names are a marker of our self identity and our sense of self. Our names have the power to shock. They have the power to heal, and they have the power to trigger conversations around race, class, social mobility and belonging. But what is