The Wheels of Victory

von Maika Vaz

236 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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The Wheels of VictoryA Memoir by Maika VazBorn in Portugal to Guinean parents and raised between two worlds, Maika Vaz's childhood was filled with the colours, scents and community of Guinea Bissau until the age of ten, when a mysterious illness turned her life upside down.What began as fever and pain became years of hospital corridors, unanswered questions, and the gradual loss of the freedom she had taken for granted.By fourteen she was a wheelchair user. What followed was a long, often lonely fight to reclaim her place in the world: resistance, acceptance, friendship, independence, love, and a determination that refused to be defined by limitation.From the red earth of Guinea Bissau to the association that became her second family in Portugal, and later to the streets of London, Maika rebuilt her life one hardnwon step and one hardnwon wheel at a time. She learned English, found work, lived alone, fell in love, and eventually faced the greatest medical challenge of all: becoming a mother against every probability.The Wheels of Victory is not simply a story of surviving disability. It is the story of a Black woman who refused to let race, illness or a wheelchair write the limits of her life. With honesty, humour and unflinching courage, Maika shows that strength is not the absence of struggle it is the decision to keep moving forward even when the path is hardest.This is a memoir about roots and reinvention, about the women who raised her, the love that found her, and the daughter who became her greatest miracle. It is living proof that the body may set boundaries, but the spirit chooses how far to go.For anyone who has ever been told something is impossible, Maika's story offers a powerful reminder: the greatest victories are often won on wheels.

• ISBN: 9781919073194
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp