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Joanna is on her way to prison. She does not know whether she will ever see her children again. Will she keep the custody of her baby whom she hasn’t seen in almost a year, or live with her elder son, currently living with a foster family?
This is the sequel to the book ‘My Journey with Joanna’, which entails Joanna’s abusive marriage and how the system that was meant to protect her failed. In this book, Gathoni details her experience with Joanna during Joanna’s imprisonment in several Danish prisons, while fighting for her freedom and for the right to have access to her two children.
In this memoir, we follow Gathoni’s relationship with Joanna, as she and a few other people attempts to help Joanna in her struggle to be acquitted of the crimes she had been unjustly accused of – and the insufferable consequences, if she is not.
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My Journey With Joanna by Gathoni wa Wairura
This is a compelling account of the author's relationship with Joanna. Both women are Kenyan, both migrated to Denmark, both married Danes - but there the similarities end. Gathoni, the author is thriving, while Joanna – a victim of abuse – finds herself in a women’s shelter, has lost access to her children, and faces jail time and possible deportation.
Gathoni details their relationship as she learns of Joanna’s history with an abusive and manipulative husband, and its dire consequences for Joanna and her children. We follow the process as Joanna navigates the Danish social and legal system – and the efforts of Gathoni and a few others, who assist Joanna in her struggle to be acquitted of the crimes she has been unjustly accused of. It’s a story of friendship and compassion between two women of similar background, but very different circumstances.
'My Journey with Joanna' is a prequel of the next book in the series: ‘My Journey with Joanna Continues’ detailing the relationship between the two women. Joanna has verified all the information in the book as true to her experiences.
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