One - A Journey Begins

This is a serial memoir. A memoir told in the third-person as opposed to a first-person account because no one comes into existence without a history that precedes it. And this is a Journey. A journey made by unbelievable choices. Its equal parts Tom Sawyer-- small town kid who innocently (and sometimes cynically) gets into childhood mischief and Maya Angelou-strong-willed independent woman whose daring personality and temerity sets her against the underground social networks of urban towns in Kentucky and West Virginia from the 1950s through the 1990s and beyond. In this volume youll meet her grandmother Cecil a legatee of religious scholars and teachers and a pillar of the community. Her mother Lila Mae a woman psychologically trapped between what is good for her and what she thinks is good for her. And one whose choice of men sets the stage for her daughter. And then... theres... Jenk. One of the most notorious men a woman could ever meet. Sit back. This wild ride is just about to begin....