Volume 03 · Memoir
The One That Got Away
The childhood she never got the chance to keep.
Memoir3 hr readInspired by true events7 chapters
Synopsis
The eldest of seven, she became her family's protector before she understood what protection would cost her — until a marriage she never chose brought her childhood to an abrupt end. Set in a crowded house on the corner, this memoir follows a girl who learned to read a stepfather's moods the way other children learned bedtime stories, and who carried her siblings through every storm until there was no one left to carry her.
ChildhoodFamilyProtectionSurvivalLost Innocence
“I was the commander by default — not because I wanted to be, but because life made me that way.”
Table of Contents
Chapters
- 01Chapter 1 — The House On The CornerRead →
- 02Chapter 2 — Seven Little ShadowsRead →
- 03Chapter 3 — Mom And The Man She MarriedRead →
- 04Chapter 4 — Growing Up Too FastRead →
- 05Chapter 5 — Schoolyard DreamsRead →
- 06Chapter 6 — The Man Who Watched Too CloselyRead →
- 07Chapter 7 — A Child Mistaken For A WomanRead →
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Volume 01Before I Knew My NameA girl. A secret. A life she had to rewrite herself.
Volume 02Where The Shadows BreakA mother's love against the long night of addiction.
Volume 04If I Do Say So Myself…Reclaiming a voice the world tried to decide for her.
Volume 05Between What Was & What Became…A family, a legacy, and the woman who built both.