Telling My Story

Author Allesley Officer has had just one wish her entire life-to be loved. Even though she has always known the Creator of the universe cared for her she never truly understood the depth of His love until her life became a suicidal travesty.Officer begins her memoir by candidly detailing her life as a young girl growing up in the inner-city of Kingston Jamaica. Born to a twenty-one-year-old unwed mother of two other children Officer's journey was often difficult as she was shuttled back and forth between her mother and father's homes. Repeatedly molested by first a stepsister and then a family friend Officer relays how she finally told her father-and was shocked when he did nothing. As she shares the details of her lifelong battle with suicidal thoughts and images fueled by years of sexual abuse low self-esteem and self-loathing she also provides hope to others by illustrating how she was eventually able to rise above life's challenges and learn to love herself once again.<i>Telling My Story: The Journey of a Ghetto Girl</i> shares one woman's poignant journey of survival that will remind women everywhere to never forget their inner beauty no matter how difficult life becomes.