Carolyn Macdonald

A variety of parents’ cognitions (e.g., beliefs and attitudes) about math appear to contribute to children’s math adjustment, but it is unclear which are most important.

[Authors and titles are listed at the end of the review] Stemming from a workshop at the 2019 IX Jornadas Filológicas in Bogotá, Colombia, this volume introduces readers to a deadly sisterhood of Medea-figures haunting an impressive array of texts and images. Over the course of 16 chapters, contributors discuss novels, plays, films, visual artworks, and archival records, primarily from postcolonial contexts in the Americas and Africa, ranging in date from the 17th century to the 21st.

Carolyn MacDonald found out she had a chronic illness in 2019. Here she shares how she heard God speaking through the pain of the diagnosis. At the end of 2018 I returned home to the UK after studying at Bible college in Australia for a year. Looking back, I can see that my transition back home was rather rushed and I felt quite overwhelmed in the months following my return. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and God graciously uses it to teach us and refine us.