The House With Dirt Walls

ISBN-13: 9781419670633 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 118 str.

Elaine Newkirk

Opis

By the time she was 13, Charlie had already experienced more heartache than most could bare. She had been repeatedly raped, watched her mother being abused and witnessed the murder of her little sister. For Charlie and her 3 sisters everyday was a fight for life. Growing up in the tough streets of Brooklyn they were destined for failure. When her mother remarried their new stepfather introduced them to a life of pain and torture. Determined to avenge her sisters death and build a better life for herself, she presses on to find true love and happiness. It seems that she would not know joy in her life until she meets someone who introduces her to that true love. But even with new found love and respect for herself, She cannot escape her past. The horrors of the things she has done and have been done to her continue to haunt her and bring her down. Will she be able to overcome her past and find self worth or will her past continue to rule and destroy her life.