Gladys Aylward: A Life for China
ISBN 978 1909281 49 3
144 pages.
Published 15/7/2016
£3.99 -£21.90
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Wounded by a Japanese bullet while guiding nearly a hundred refugee children to safety over the mountains of China, Gladys Aylward was larger than life. Her story inspired the 1958 film Inn of the Sixth Happiness, with Ingrid Bergman in the lead role.Â
In reality Gladys, or Ai-weh-deh as she became known in China, was a short, uncompromising woman from the East End of London. At the age of 32 she was called by God to far-off China. Undeterred by criticism and contrary advice she set off, trusting God alone to meet all her needs.  When she died in 1970, aged 67, she was a Chinese citizen who had helped and brought hope to thousands of women and children.
This biography incorporates original material and digs beneath the surface into some of the controversies that surrounded her life and work – an inspiring record of human bravery, perseverance against all the odds, and God’s sustaining power.
Elizabeth Kwant is a Manchester based artist, researcher and curator whose interdisciplinary practice incorporates film, photography, performance, installation and print. Her work investigates contemporary geo-political and social issues; migration, immigration detention, legacies of colonialism, modern day slavery and associated concerns of representation. In partnership with local organisations she has produced a number of socially engaged projects in collaboration with marginalised communities including; female refugees, asylum seekers and survivors of modern day slavery.
‘Kwant’s work opens up a space in which empowerment occurs, hidden experiences are brought to light, and wider narratives (concerning the construction of identity and the recording of history) are brought into question.’
— Jonathan Evens, 2020.
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