Walk in My Shoes
There are many ways to tackle the writing of Life Stories. This is just one technique. Take the time to read some of the material provided and share, on the Pythian Games, what it is to walk in your shoes. Focus on the things that make your life distinctive.
Walk in My Shoes - A Text Study
by Alwyn Evans
Walk in My Shoes
Amazon Price: $14.00 (as of 07/14/2009)
Gulnessa and her family have escaped from Afghanistan, fleeing war and terror. But despite their hopes, their journey through misery is not over, they are not granted easy freedom in the land of the "fair go". They find themselves in Western Australia as detainees, imprisoned in a detention centre for asylum seekers, and forced to "prove" that they are refugees. Based on research into actual cases and real-life stories, this novel explores the despair, desolation and confusion that face refugees through the story of a very real family. This is a book to make us reflect, and to put our troubles into perspective. Evans is donating half of all royalties to CARAD (Coalition Assisting Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Detainees)
Study of Text Resources
Resources
- Teaching Notes by Susan le Marca
- Susan le Marca provides teaching notes on the text 'Walk in My Shoes" by Alwyn Evans.
- Twelve Questions for Alwyn Evans
- Questions posed by the State Library of Victoria.
- Exposing Shoddy Treatment
- A review by Annolies Truman.
Similar Books
that share unique life experiences
The Kite Runner
Amazon Price: $9.75 (as of 07/14/2009)
A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club)
Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 07/14/2009)
The Hero's Walk (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Amazon Price: $11.90 (as of 07/14/2009)
Dipping in to the Well of Memory
There are a number of activities on Soul Food that help you to dip in to the well of memory and pull out meaningful fragments which,when pieced together will tell some of your life story. In the Box of Wonderment you will find the Chocolate Box, Rear Vision Memories, the Indian War Bonnet and Descansos. But there are more tucked away in the site. It is a matter of opening many of the doorways and searching for little nuggets of gold. A Treasury
- Box of Wonderment
- Dip in to the box of wonderment and you will find all sorts of prompts to help stimulate life story writing.
- Maps of the Heart
- Take the time to view the maps community members at Soul Food have made and create a map of your heart.
- Rear Vision Mirror
- When you look in the rear vision mirror on long, straight, outback roads in Australia there is often nothing to be seen but the white lines and bitumen stretching into the distance. Sometimes it is a huge transport that we can see gaining, bearing down on us and it is a relief as it rattles past and silence returns.
- Hiss-tory Snakes
- Taking the time to make a hiss-tory snake will help draw things out from the well of your memory and then you can flesh out what you glean.
- Make Footprints
- Make some footprints and reveal a trail that you have left on earth during your lifetime.
- Miscellaneous Memoirs
- Soul Food Community members have sat by Mnemosyne's Stream and written miscellaneous memoirs.
- Memory Stream
- While you lie resting, fingers draped in these honeyed waters, call Mnemosyne, whose name is synonymous with memory, to come from the realm of the collective unconscious and restore your memory.
Help Create an Autobiography Bookshelf
Please take the time to add your favourite autobiography/biography to this list so that everyone can see just how diverse the life story genre can become.
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Imogen_Crest wrote...
What an inspiring lens, Heather, an amazing topic for thought. 5 stars, etc.
Posted August 04, 2008
Ticothalia wrote...
The synopsis of this book reminds me of "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, "A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry and "The Hero's Walk" by Anita Rau Badami. These 3 literary books are so well written they literally put you in someone else's shoes through the use of the details of living that may seem different and the people/relationship dynamics which are the same the world over.
Posted August 03, 2008
