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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Nine of Ten: From the Depths of a War Torn Country to a Place Called Home

Nine of Ten: From the Depths of a War Torn Country to a Place Called Home

Yrjana, Gina

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Biographies GeneralGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesPregnancy & Adoption

Publisher Price: $22.95

ISBN10: 1998721477
ISBN13: 9781998721474
Publisher: Fempower Publications Inc.
Published: Jun 9 2026
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Gina was five, her sister still a baby, when their mother sent them to a Congolese orphanage, desperate for them to have a better life. Homeless and living in poverty after the death of their father, adoption by a Canadian family was the complicated answer to their prayers.

In this remarkably honest and powerful story, Gina describes her turbulent journey from the war-torn country to rural British Columbia. In a world that felt both familiar and foreign, she found love and stability with her new family and a passion for playing hockey. On the ice, she had purpose, a place where she could carve out her own space and silent the chaos of her past. When a devastating injury shattered her promising path, Gina was forced to confront the bittersweet reckoning of childhood memories.

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