Starkishia: Estrella is a story about a little girl who grew up too
fast to feel the grass wear thin under the soles of her shoes.
Abuse thickened her skin, yet her nightmares were as dark as they
were real. The library became her sanctuary where stories took her
to another place and time. But, in reality there was nothing
imaginary about the bruises under her clothing as she advanced from
one classroom to another during middle school, or nothing
fictitious about being molested by the maggot hands of a despicable
relative. Her plight was hidden in a small town in Georgia, just as
her physical abuse was disregarded by the school's social worker.
This colored child was brought into this world by her 14 year old
mother who was ruthlessly dominated by her husband. Starkishia
loved her mother above all else; her step-father who provided
shelter for them witnessed her birth and helped raise her. She
consumed pieces of joy, but sometimes she received broken reprisals
and ended up walking down the dark road alone; yet in some
fortunate way humanity was always within reach. After her parents
split up, Starkishia and her family ended up in Texas. Single
parenthood changed their family structure forevermore. Starkishia
became a wage earner at age 13; she also became homeless the
following year. She was, for years, engulfed by her impoverished
and dysfunctional environment. She married a native of Mexico a few
days after her 15th birthday. He nicknamed her 'Estrella' a Spanish
term which means 'Star.' It goes without saying that Starkishia was
born in the land of opportunity, but it was not exactly within her
reach. Yes, she was her grandmother's star, but she was a statistic
of minimal proportions as far as small town and suburbia America
was concerned. Shortly after marriage, she became a mother.
Afterward the life of this teen went downhill at lightning speed.
Many readers will identify with her; for, she walked away from her
husband broken hearted; then, she fell in love with another man,
and as new babies arrived, she took her limited funds and focused
on the lives of those under her roof; in time, her parental absence
to her oldest two children turned flat out into abandonment. Have
mercy Starkishia was a lost teen, but through grace she eventually
became a productive woman in American society. Meredith Etc., a
small press, proudly introduces readers to Starkishia: Estrella, a
story about the perils of teen parenthood, economic dispossession,
and the charity of new beginnings. Meredith Coleman McGee,
Acquisition Editor Meredith Etc., a small press Jackson,
Mississippi, USA www.meredithetc.com
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