- Published: 20 August 2020
- ISBN: 9781529119077
- Imprint: Merky Books Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 368
Dreaming in a Nightmare
Inequality and What We Can Do About It
- Published: 20 August 2020
- ISBN: 9781529119077
- Imprint: Merky Books Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 368
A moving and powerful memoir.
The British Black List
Voice of a new generation ... fast becoming a key spokesperson of his generation - and full of sound ideas about building a fairer, more cohesive society. Dreaming in a Nightmare is Emmanuel's account of his life to date, interspersed with short accounts by his contemporaries of the struggles they faced in life and how they coped with them.
Daily Express
A key spokesperson of his generation
Daily Mirror
His book reads as an inspirational text (Emmanuel is an altruistic entrepreneur and activist who started his first charity as a teenager), and a rousing heartfelt testimony in which self-love trumps self-loathing ... his graceful book fulfils its humble ambition to act as "a guide to recognising the nightmare - and a blueprint for dreaming your way out of it."
Observer
A powerfully moving account of his humble, single-parent upbringing in south London; his dreams and the barriers he had to break through.
Voice
Both personal and political, weaving tales of his own life with advice for other young people and a call for everyone to do their part in creating an equal society ... Emmanuel is a great communicator; he writes and speaks with confidence. It's easy to see how, from such a young age, he has been able to engage people on the issues he wants to tackle.
Evening Standard
An emotionally searing and powerful account from the 21-year-old youth activist, a former deputy young mayor of Lambeth and entrepreneur who, at 17, was one of the youngest people to receive a British Empire Medal from the Queen. Deftly moving between the past and the present the book illuminates the polarising worlds Jeremiah inhabits ... A rallying cry for gen Z to overcome obstacles, Dreaming in a Nightmare is ultimately a book about hope and galvanising change.
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