The Red Thread: The everlasting invisible connections between us - Couverture souple

Briggs, Bina

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1066916101 ISBN 13 : 9781066916108

Editeur : Bina Briggs, 2026

Synopsis

One family left Uganda with a suitcase each and £50 between them. What they carried with them could not be packed.

I was twelve when Idi Amin expelled Uganda’s Asian population and my family left our home in Entebbe. We came to Britain and began again in Luton. At the centre of that new life was my mum, Indira: a woman who had married at fifteen, endured years of unhappiness, and still found the strength and determination to build a different future for her daughters.

The Red Thread is our story, but it is also about the connections that run through all our lives. In the Hindu tradition, a rakhi is a sacred thread tied as a symbol of love, protection and connection. For me, that thread reaches further. It is in family and friendship, in the people who arrive just when we need them, in the signs we notice, and in those strange moments of synchronicity that remind us that perhaps nothing happens entirely by accident.

Through memories of Uganda, India and Britain, I share the life lessons my mum taught me and those I have had to learn for myself: gratitude, resilience, forgiveness, self-belief, kindness and the courage to change. There is sadness here, but also humour, celebrations, friendships, faith and the ordinary moments that make a life.

If you have ever had to begin again, wondered whether you were strong enough to change your life, or wanted to preserve the stories of the people who came before you, I hope you will find something of yourself in these pages. Above all, remember this: trust the process. It always works out for the better.

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À propos de l'auteur

Bina Briggs was born into a Gujarati Hindu family in Entebbe, Uganda, and came to the UK with her family in 1972. Beginning her working life as a junior data clerk at Luton Airport, she built a career in telecommunications, IT and HR before establishing Plain Talking HR in 2009. Her passion is encouraging women, particularly Asian and older women, to recognise their strengths and pursue new opportunities at any stage of life. She has supported a range of community, education and charitable projects and was selected for the f: Entrepreneur #iAlso100 campaign in 2021. Family, faith, gratitude and giving back to the community are central to her life and to the stories she shares in The Red Thread. In 2025 Bina won two prestigious awards Being recognised at two awards in 2025 were both truly memorable moments, winning a Women of Inspiration for Excellence in Business Award in Luton and a Woman Who Achieves Award run by Sandra Garlick MBE. These awards reflected the work Bina continues to care so passionately about.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bina Briggs
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1066916101
• ISBN 13: 9781066916108
• Reliure: Paperback
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible