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The Ditchdigger'S Daughters: A Black Family'S Astonishing Success Story
Dafina
ISBN13:
9781496739193
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As resonant now as it ever was, this inspiring portrait by a loving daughter of a father whose pervasive common sense, folk wisdom, and untutored but right-on insights gave his children their road map to a better life is ready for a new generation of readers. I LOVE YOU BETTER THAN I LOVE LIFE . . . But Im not always gonna be around to look after you, and no mans gonna come along and offer to take care of you because you aint light-skinned. Thats why you gotta be able to look after yourselves. And for that you gotta be smart. It was the 1950s, and Donald Thorntons words to his six daughters werent spoken out of despair, but out of the fiercest love. Thornton, a hard-working laborer, had set his heart on an improbable notion: that all his girls would grow up to become doctors. From one of those daughters, Dr. Yvonne Thornton, comes this family biography that is as moving as it is inspiring. Here is the true story of a determined, wise, and prescient man who dared to dream that his Black daughters would achieve seemingly impossible goals in the face of seemingly impossible odds. Working two full-time jobsand with the help of his equally remarkable wife, who worked as a cleaning womanThornton even formed his bright and talented girls into a rhythm-and-blues band, at the same time ensuring that each one completed her education. With his common sense and untutored but right-on insights, Thornton gave his daughters the strength to transcend the obstacles of color and gender to fulfill their potentialultimately guiding them from the tenements of East Harlem to the footlights of the Apollo Theatreto the halls of an Ivy League medical school.
- | Author: Yvonne S. Thornton
- | Publisher: Dafina
- | Publication Date: Apr 25, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 272 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1496739191
- | ISBN-13: 9781496739193
- Author:
- Yvonne S. Thornton
- Publisher:
- Dafina
- Publication Date:
- Apr 25, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 272 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1496739191
- ISBN-13:
- 9781496739193