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Four young Southern sisters try to live life with courage and
determination despite an alcoholic birth mother who deserted them
and a maternal grandmother who left them at the Salvation Army. Two
sisters remained in foster care during childhood, but all four
women have subsequently reunited and are close despite recurring
sibling rivalries. Through all their adversities the four sisters
show an amazing inner strength and resiliency, and it is obvious
they care about improving their lives. Conversations from 1994-2002
between the sisters and their stepmother reveal surprising events
in real-time; their lively and impassioned personal conversations
read like a novel but are absolutely true. Their stories include
heart-rending acounts of childhood physical and sexual abuse and
spousal abuse in marriage, unwarranted loss of children, living on
the minimum wage, and repeated ER visits resulting in
pain-medication addictions. Boxes of statistics inserted between
the conversations add educational material to support the many
social issues in the book. These women are survivors, but it is
easy to see that traumatic childhoods left them with drug and
alcohol addictions to stop the pain and memories. One has served
time in Chowchilla Women's Prison in California after life on the
streets of San Francisco and LA. This book speaks volumes to the
unfairness of our legal system and its failure to rehabilitate
offenders. At the heart of this memoir is a touching love story of
five women, four sisters and their stepmother, who support each
other with uncompromising loyalty and devotion.
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