My Footsteps in Africa

AT THE END OF 1960 IN FARAWAY AFRICA a starry-<br><br>eyed sixteen year old schoolgirl left behind the indigent farming community where she was born and headed for the alluring neon lights<br><br>of a big city. <br><br>The comely but naive young girl experienced a rude awakening by the lascivious behavior of her<br><br>brother-in-law and by the unexpected sexual overtures of the lustful manager at her first job.<br><br>Inadequate academic credentials compelled her to <br><br>return home and spent another two years in the <br><br>loathsome hostel to complete her education and graduate.<br><br>Roma retraced her steps back to the city where she met Geano a wealthy Italian old enough to be her father and they fell gloriously in love ... but no wedding bels chimed.<br><br>In her most outrageous dreams there were no premonitions of the heartaches and trials that stalked her future and no glimpse of the hard-<br><br>boiled courage and dogged faith she would need to<br><br>overcome deplorable circumstances.<br><br>This compelling LIFE-JOURNEY unraveled in rural<br><br>AFRICA winding its way from an obscure and remote farm to bold city lights and ultimately<br><br>settled in an idyllic valley on a sublime farming estate. Roma gave birth to three children and lived a fairytale life but time was up! The clock struck twelve and she lost<br><br>her glass slipper. Her golden coach reverted back to a pumpkin .... <br><br>Betrayal and the loss of their estate thrust<br><br>the family into poverty and heartbreaking times ensue.<br><br>The government changed hands and violence and murder swept over her beloved country. Roma had<br><br>a narrow escape at the hands of villains and the family flees to the U.S.A. fearing for their lives.<br><br>Culture-shock and the harsh reality of a dis-parate world coupled with indelible memories and unmitigated guilt trapped Roma in a morass of insanity and forsaken faith.<br><br>Would she triumph over the ash-heap of her life regain her precious faith and find a purpose to survive in that foreign land?<br><br>This is an EXTRAORDINARY TALE of rags-to-riches-<br><br>to-rags exquisite romance love and laughter unconscionable sins broken dreams ill-winds of sorrow and heartaches by the number - but above all trenchant faith and resolute courage.<br><br>MY STORY WILL RESONATE IN THE HEARTS OF WOMEN<br><br>young and old across the world. Along this pre-<br><br>cipitous journey of life readers will recognize<br><br>a kindred spirit and find a reflection of their own lives while they walk with me through the<br><br>bittersweet memories in: MY FOOTSTEPS IN AFRICA.