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Love & courage : my story of family, resilience, and overcoming the unexpected : a memoir / Jagmeet Singh.

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"Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal. Every part of Jagmeet Singh's full name reflects a part of his identity. Jagmeet--the intelligent, warm "friend to the world." Singh--the great grandson of a Punjabi freedom fighter who defended his people against injustice. Jimmy--the kid who grew up on the hardscrabble streets of Windsor. Dhaliwal--the son of immigrants who chanced it and uprooted themselves in Canada for a better life. With wisdom, warmth, and compassion, Love & Courage tells the stories behind each of those names. The son of Indian immigrants, Jagmeet Singh grew up in Windsor, and he learned at an early age that the world was not always be kind. Early experiences with racism and prejudice made Jagmeet question his place in the society around him as he fought on the streets and in the classroom to carve out a safe space for himself. But while the society around him sought to bring him down, Jagmeet's family lifted him up. Whenever Jagmeet returned home bruised or battered by the outside world, his mother repeated the same words: "We are all one. We are all connected." Drawing on his heritage and history, Jagmeet began to see the world through a new lens. To prove to a world that said, again and again, that he didn't have value, Jagmeet worked hard to be the best at everything he did. Martial arts, school, sports--he excelled at everything he tried. Still, he didn't want to simply push past others. He wanted to connect to them. Slowly but surely, Jagmeet learned the truth of his mother's words. As he broke down the barriers around him, Jagmeet came to define his life in two words: love and courage. Love & Courage is the story of how those two words came to define Jagmeet's life. It is a testament to the courage it takes to love those around us, and proof of the fact that we can't live without either one."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982105396 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Simon & Schuster Canada edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Simon and Schuster Canada, 2019.
Subject: Singh, Jagmeet, 1979-
Lawyers > Canada > Biography.
Politicians > Canada > Biography.
Sikhs > Canada > Biography.
South Asians > Canada > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium. (Show)
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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lakeshore Branch.

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  • Simon and Schuster
    <b>From the leader of Canada&#8217;s New Democratic Party&#8212;Jagmeet Singh&#8212;comes a personal and heartfelt story about family and overcoming adversity.</b><br><br>In October 2017, Jagmeet Singh was elected as the first visible minority to lead a major federal political party in Canada. The historic milestone was celebrated across the nation.<br> <br> About a month earlier, in the lead up to his election, Jagmeet held community meet-and-greets across Canada. At one such event, a disruptive heckler in the crowd hurled accusations at him. Jagmeet responded by calmly calling for all Canadians to act with &#8220;love and courage&#8221; in the face of hate. That response immediately went viral, and people across the country began asking, &#8220;Who is Jagmeet Singh? And why &#8216;love and courage&#8217;?&#8221;<br> <br> This personal and heartfelt memoir is Jagmeet&#8217;s answer to that question. In it, we are invited to walk with him through childhood to adulthood as he learns powerful, moving, and sometimes traumatic lessons about hardship, addiction, and the impact of not belonging. We meet his strong family, including his mother, who teaches him that &#8220;we are all one; we are all connected,&#8221; a valuable lesson that has shaped who he is today.<br> <br> This story is not a political memoir. This is a story of family, love, and courage, and how strengthening the connection between us all is the way to building a better world.

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