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Telma Rocha

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Telma Rocha is an avid reader, reviewer, and blogger. She documents and shares her reading and writing journeys on Instagram and is an active member of various groups dedicated to promoting local talent.

Telma lives in southern Ontario with her husband and two sons. When she is not reading or writing, she can be found enjoying the outdoors with her family or sharing meals and laughter with good friends.

Born in Angola, Telma immigrated to Canada in 1976 avoiding the turbulent civil war that erupted there in 1974. These events are documented in her first novel,

The Angolan Girl. A story about her grandmother's life from childhood through the early stages of the war.

Telma is currently working on her fourth novel.
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Telma Rocha Writing is therapeutic for me so the topics are reflective of my mood and mental state. From Far and Wide is deeply emotional, for example, as it repr…moreWriting is therapeutic for me so the topics are reflective of my mood and mental state. From Far and Wide is deeply emotional, for example, as it represents a time in my life when I was going through rough times emotionally. (less)
Telma Rocha Hi Catherine, I was mainly referring to the Civil War that happened in Angola and wanting to bring awareness to that.

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Hi Catherine, I was mainly referring to the Civil War that happened in Angola and wanting to bring awareness to that.

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The Angolan Girl

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“I fight the deep black hole as it fills my head, takes over my memories and tries to pull me back into its abyss of nothingness. I do not have the strength to pull myself through this, so I allow the deep black hole to take a hold of me once again. The emptiness pulls me in and consumes me whole. Sleep now takes over me as I drift off into the same dark place I was in before.”
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“Victoria is like a wave I grip tight and ride to shore, only the wave breaks too early and leaves me floating in unknown waters.”
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“They can’t see, hear or touch me, but that doesn’t mean I’m not real. I’m nowhere. I’m everywhere.”
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“This neighbourhood is more prestigious and luxurious, but prestige and luxury do not matter when you are in the middle of a war zone. War affects everyone, every nationality, every race.”
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“He is my much-needed rock when the ground softens all around me.”
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“Dreams can be our subconscious mind trying to tell us something, however, dreams can also be a representation of our deepest and darkest fears.”
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“Through one story, I learn the native black population in Angola does not have as many rights or the same social standing as white people. My father, being white, therefore had more clout over my mother, and so it was more normal for my white father to raise me rather than my native black mother.”
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“He is my first love, and the loss of a first love is always the hardest. My clothes now drape like a curtain from not eating, and I am forgetting basic things that I should remember. I contemplate my future as I am not getting any younger, and I must come to a decision soon. I have no other prospect for marriage, and at fifteen, I am at a marriageable age.”
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