Climbing the Broken Stairs a Memoir

Frieda grew up in Pittsburgh PA. She and her five brothers were the offspring of a wayward mother (Hetty Etta Brown) who with an admitted drinking problem and a lustful spirit spend most days in liquor bars chasing men. Etta's willful neglect left her children to fend for themselves against the harsh and unforgiving elements of their urban streets; streets overrun with predators.     Climbing the Broken Stairs is an inspiring true-life account of one person's struggle to overcome child abuse (most of which having occurred within the families) and maintain the belief that a better life was possible if she could first break free from a dysfunctional environment.