Memoirs

“Celebrating women around the world” – Cristina Kessler

MEMOIRS

Tales of an Ikut Swami

“TALES OF AN IKUT SWAMI is a collection of my experiences with women in the Developing World. Each country was a new adventure and a new challenge and being an Ikut Swami gave me the freedom to try whatever opportunities came my way. Some of the stories are based on people that I knew for more than a year, and others lasted weeks, months, and in one case, an afternoon. But each was recorded in a notebook or journal, which preserved details I definitely would have forgotten by now. One is a portion of an article I wrote for the early Ms. Magazine, but all the rest are recorded treasured memories. It would be great if these stories trigger a walk down Memory Lane for all that read the book, thinking about amazing women they have met. And it lets us know that someway, big or small, we can all make a difference.” –Cristina Kessler

“In her personal and enchanting memoir, Kessler, using a voice that resonates with authenticity, tells her story with, a growing affection, and profound insights, bringing her readers to her very side as she travels and meets and serves with women of Asia and gloriously, the women of Africa.”
-Patricia Lee Gauch, Longtime Editor in Chief of Philomel Books

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Young Adult Novel

An unforgettable novel that teems with details of African culture and life.

Cristina Kessler’s NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT is in the same spirit of her first book, ONE NIGHT; a tale well told. Her book reflects an increasingly shrinking world where western values clash with older, more rooted rituals, where one viewpoint is inherently different from another. Kessler tackles the difficult subject of female circumcision with clarity and understanding of only someone who has lived in West Africa. The frustrations that accompany this situation are transcended by a heartfelt friendship. NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT is a well-developed story that kept this reader’s interest from the first page to the last.

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Ikut Swami is a publication and production company established in honor of our beloved late Cristina Kessler, celebrating the legacy of her vision through her books, photography, humanitarianism and the education she gave to children and young adults around the world.

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“With my books for kids I have a personal writing agenda, which is to get the good news out about Africa.” – Cristina Kessler