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Renee Gibbons
Biography
Renee Gibbons was born and raised in Dublin, the oldest of seven children. She is a world-traveler, actor, singer and peace activist. A former columnist for the Irish Herald she lives in San Francisco with Lew, the love of her life and her cat Omar.
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Books
Longing for Elsewhere
by Renee Gibbons
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 50,260.
Language:
English.
Published: December 5, 2011
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
By the time she was eight years old, Renee Gibbons knew she had no one to rely on but herself. Born in a Dublin tenement she dreamed endlessly of escaping to elsewhere. At seventeen, full of dreams, she escaped to Paris with the help of a nun, a Hollywood actor and a kind stranger. Her memoir explores the themes entangled in her journey: identity, adventure, creativity and the passion for justice.