A Better Tomorrow

Life Lessons in Hope and Strength

Mina Smallman

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Ebury Press
11 August 2024

Memoirs; Feminism & feminist theory; Police & security services; Political activism

A deeply personal memoir from Mina Smallman - former Archdeacon of Southend, activist and mother to Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman - which is an urgent call for justice and for positive change in Britain today.

'I'd walk across hot coals to speak alongside Mina Smallman... An amazing woman' - Jess Phillips, MP 'Mina Smallman is as tough as she is warm' - Guardian

Mina Smallman has lived through the unimaginable. On Saturday 6 June 2020, her daughters, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, were killed in a park by a male stranger as they celebrated Bibaa's birthday.

Mina has been fighting for justice ever since - for her daughters, and for the rest of us, by challenging the toxic culture in the Metropolitan Police and calling out the wider institutional misogyny, racism and classism in Britain. Now, she tells her story for the first time. Framed by Mina's experience of losing her two daughters, Bibaa and Nicole, A Better Tomorrow reflects on the lessons in strength, forgiveness and hope that life has taught her - from her difficult childhood, to her embrace of motherhood, her time as a schoolteacher, and then as the first woman of colour to be an Archdeacon in the Church of England.

Told through grief and with compassion, humour and love, this deeply personal memoir is Mina's beacon of hope.

By: Mina Smallman
Imprint: Ebury Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 466g
ISBN: 9781529199710
ISBN 10: 1529199719
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 11 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mina Smallman is an activist and the former Archdeacon of Southend. Prior to becoming the first woman of colour to be an Archdeacon in the Church of England, Mina worked as a schoolteacher for 15 years. On 6 June 2020, her daughters, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, were murdered by a male stranger as they celebrated Bibaa's birthday in Fryent Country Park, London. Mina has been fighting for justice for her daughters - and for a safer, better and more equal Britain - ever since.

Reviews for A Better Tomorrow: Life Lessons in Hope and Strength

Mina Smallman is as tough as she is warm * The Guardian * A strong, outspoken and eloquent activist * Daily Mail * I'd walk across hot coals to speak alongside Mina Smallman... An amazing woman * Jess Phillips, MP * Mina Smallman is all of us, except she's stronger than most of us * Dawn Butler, MP *