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▶Self-DevelopmentNon-FictionLoveleen Rihel BrennaMy Distinctiveness,My StrengthMin annerledeshet, min styrkeThe author describes in her frank and unflinchingbook how she has gone about the stages on theroad to independence. She examines the conceptof identity and shows how she has fused twodifferent cultures into one – her own. Now, beingdifferent has become her identity, her source ofstrength and, for her, the normal state of life.She writes of growing up in a minority group, thearranged marriage and divorce, and of graduallymaturing. She also describes what it has cost herand what is to be gained by challenging otherpeople's – and one's own – limitations and definitionsof culture and identity. Roots and a senseof identity are not always determined by skin colour and religious faith, but also by gender,education and social setting.Successful integration demands commitment and openness from every one of us. The challengeis to allow every other person the right to define him – or herself: only you hold thekey to your own life.106Loveleen Rihel Brenna (1967–) was born in India. In1972, she arrived in Norway as a 5-year-old. She trainedin pedagogics, leadership and multicultural work and hasrun her own consultancy. Recently, she stepped downfrom her post as head of the Parents' Panel for FoundationEducation. She has published several books in herspecialties.