Soar is a memoir which begins with a description of the early family life of Joyce Jeffries who battled the stigma and setbacks associated with disability and discrimination. This true story tells of her struggle to beat the odds of acquiring higher education which she viewed as the only path to a successful life. Her strength was drawn from the love of parents who enabled her to reject the labels of inferiority often pinned on her. Raised with five siblings in a poor but cultured Harlem community, Joyce was determined to climb out of poverty. The force which propelled her to face challenges...