A true-life, sometimes gritty yet ultimately triumphant story, Until the Brighter Tomorrow
is told straight from Valerie Rainfords heart. The daughter of southern sharecroppers, she takes the reader through her challenging young life in the projects, where her mothers steadfast work ethic and undying support motivates Valerie to choose a different path than that of her high school friends. After the devastating deaths of both her brother and mother, Valerie-determined to beat the odds-embraces her generational current of strength and goes on to graduate from Fordham University, accomplish...