Immigrating Tears: A Story of Survival and Running to Destiny, by F. C. Blake
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Immigrating Tears chronicles a coming of age story of a life journey, set in motion at the confluence of the unlikeliest of events, from upbringing in abject poverty and subsistence survival in sub-Saharan Africa to the experience of navigating educational and cultural terrains of schooling and new life in Europe and America. Along the way, the reader is presented with engaging insights and deep and poignant reflections on the immigrant experience and the stories that are carried along from the perspective of an astute observer. The story line is anchored in the author's journey of embracing running from a meager initial interest to the quest for and achieving the goal of completing a sub-four hour marathon. Combining contrasting style of brutally honest and heartbreaking narrative of struggle with restrained prose, F.C. Blake leaves the reader with a transfixing portrait of a dreamy teenager's upbringing, education, travels, and survival through varying geographies, cultures, and circumstances. In looking back to the past, and connecting it to the present, he walks fluidly in time while reflecting intimately on the themes of identity, family, running, dancing, love, life challenges, triumphs, and salvation. Immigrating Tears speaks for all those that anchor to places only to leave them behind physically, but carry their impact, good and bad, forever on the journey forward. It is also about those seekers who wander in this world to find their footing and feel they belong everywhere yet fit nowhere. Above all, F.C. Blake presents us with a gripping story of the indomitable thirst and will for extending beyond the darkness of the past and present, and reaching for and running to destiny in a quest for survival and self-determination. Masterful storytelling meets fearless honesty to give us a captivating view of the cost and consequence of such life; and, in reaching for the future, what is lost of the past and self, as well as the richness of and redemption in a full life.
Immigrating Tears: A Story of Survival and Running to Destiny, by F. C. Blake- Amazon Sales Rank: #6307750 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-17
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .88" w x 6.00" l, 1.14 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 352 pages
About the Author F.C. Blake is the author of Immigrating Tears and Poemly Speaking. These books reflect on his life journey, set in motion at the confluence of the unlikeliest of events, from upbringing in abject poverty and subsistence survival in sub-Saharan Africa to the experience of navigating educational and cultural terrains of schooling and new life in Europe and America. His writing touches on issues of identity and belonging, as well as life experiences such as running, dancing, love, loss, survival, salvation, growth, and other aspects of a journey in self discovery. He loves to write and run. He holds a PhD in Engineering. He and his wife live in the Mile High City. --- To learn more, checkout - http://www.facebook.com/ImmigratingTears
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. rich or poor, whether from London or Maseru By DavidT Every immigrant, young or adult, rich or poor, whether from London, Tokyo, Nairobi or Maseru, has a story to tell. Stories of leaving family behind, stories of challenges and opportunities, successes and failures, stories of how their and their family’s lives have been shaped by their experiences. Irrespective of the color on their skin or the corner of the world they come from, they tell beautiful stories. Immigrating Tears is such a beautiful story. Elegantly and eloquently written that will resonate with many!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. 032 Blake's crocodile tears By Asko Korpela I only ask myself whether it is too cruel to hint to crocodile tears in this connection but having finished the book I had the odd feeling that the author withholds something pertinent, but what? Would it be that he never mentions his real origin by name as if shamed of it.But in many respects this is a very remarkable text. Not least because its fluent narration and rich language. It is not just choice of words, that too, but also the scenery awaking from his colorful expressions and erudite references. I really liked his English and did not mind having several times to refer to dictionary being a nonnative speaker myself. All to my own upbringing, one of the main purposes of reading in general. It is one of the best features of ebooks that dictionaries are available by one click. Only should the word definitions remain in the readers Notes & Markings file in addition to his faible memory (and the markings file be downloadable as a lasting souvenir of the book in question). However, having read some twenty first pages I had a slight feeling of disappointment. Now almost regretting for having summed the first reading lot as 'dull', quite too harsh and quite too soon a judgment, as it soon turned out. Next time I could not finish but devoured some fifty pages finding it everything else but dull.I had chosen the book by hints to running, especially marathon running. I had just read another Amazon book on marathon running, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami. And quite correct, the passages of running really, literally, offer colorful scenery as he describes his routes in training and competition. But here was also my worst disappointment, although that too, unfounded. Actually not unfounded, but completely wrong-minded, just wrong-minded, not ill-minded. I was disappointed with Blake's level as runner, an hour slower marathon than mine. But the essence of marathon is not time but the run itself. The real accomplishment is finishing it. In a way a four hour marathon is a bigger accomplishment than a three hour marathon. Four hours of continuous sincere effort and pain is something definitely more than only three hours of the same. Big hail to Blake, the marathoner! Suggest first name acquaintance in runners' club.Another reason for fascination throughout the book was a certain similarity of his career with mine. From primitive circumstances to doctor's degree. He even mentions about the secret of trees flourishing around his first home. I could tell something similar, although there is a tremendous difference in climate conditions. My harsh winters compelling to much more severe attitudes to the prime necessities of life for survival. Then there is his teen age education away from home in strange surroundings in Italy. I also had to leave my home early, at the age of twelve, to go to school. Although not very far, away from home, anyway. Much later on I had my experiences of Italy and Italian language. The more nice a surprise was it to find a paragraph where the author list the most memorable impressions of his trips in Italy outside his site of education. I could write, or better still, almost cite this paragraph as a list of my experiences in Italy. A real nice coincidence of life.Further reasons of community feeling with the author through the book, which is my habit of seeking in all reading, is in economics. In my case it is the core of my whole career being a professional economist and having written several economics books. From his mentioning of economic events and terminology it is easy to see that he has had excellent success in his courses of economics, although economics not being directly his main career. Sticking to personal impressions, he tells a lot of his attraction to music and dancing. As sportsman, dancing was also my hobby during years of teenage, but later only occasionally. His liking of music, on the contrary, has nothing to do with my very narrow taste of listening 24/7 barock of 1600-1750.All in all, a very entertaining and in many respects worth while reading these Immigration Tears, A Story of Survival and Running to Destiny by F.C. Blake, well deserving my four stars, if not quite five because of the lack of a real big sting.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This s an amazing story told beautifully By Abebe M This s an amazing story told beautifully! Inspirational and thought provoking. The author did a remarkable job taking the reader with him as he navigates the peaks and valleys of his life. It is definitely a page-turner.
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