A Path Unexpected
A Memoir
Published on 21. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-77619-118-5 (ISBN)
Description
A Path Unexpected is a well-written memoir by Jane Evans, founder and former-CEO of Ntataise Network Support Programme. In it, Jane shares her life story, about working as a journalist in the big city before moving to the small and, in some instances, backward town of Viljoenskroon in the northern Free State along with her husband, Anthony Evans, who was a well-known and respected businessman and farmer.
It is here that she is moved to create her non-profit organisation to provide education and training for the wives and children of farm labourers during the height of apartheid. She has had a profound influence on these families and is considered an activist for advocating early childhood development (ECD) and adult teaching in rural communities. A Path Unexpected is a memoir about family, love, loss, finding purpose and dedicating oneself to a life of service.
Eloquently written and told with great sensitivity and humility, this is a memoir about how one woman's unexpected path led to family-like bonds in the unlikeliest of places, and a dream so profound that it would impact generations of young learners and the women who teach them.
It is here that she is moved to create her non-profit organisation to provide education and training for the wives and children of farm labourers during the height of apartheid. She has had a profound influence on these families and is considered an activist for advocating early childhood development (ECD) and adult teaching in rural communities. A Path Unexpected is a memoir about family, love, loss, finding purpose and dedicating oneself to a life of service.
Eloquently written and told with great sensitivity and humility, this is a memoir about how one woman's unexpected path led to family-like bonds in the unlikeliest of places, and a dream so profound that it would impact generations of young learners and the women who teach them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Johannesburg
South Africa
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Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
457 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77619-118-5 (9781776191185)
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Jane Evans has held positions on a number of ECD government bodies, as well as serving as a trustee. These include the Helen Suzman Foundation, the St Anne's School board of governors, PAST and the Lee Berger Foundation for Exploration Trust. Jane has a particular interest in palaeoanthropology, palaeontology and archaeology.
She has received a number of awards, including "Woman of the Year" awarded by the Star newspaper, The Johannesburg College of Education's Rectors Gold medal "for exceptional contribution to education in South Africa", and the Chancellors Medal awarded by the University of Pretoria.
She has received a number of awards, including "Woman of the Year" awarded by the Star newspaper, The Johannesburg College of Education's Rectors Gold medal "for exceptional contribution to education in South Africa", and the Chancellors Medal awarded by the University of Pretoria.