Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I was moved again, this time to a house with my sisters Camille, Gi, and Norm. We were wards of the state, and our mother had abandoned us. We were all very skinny because we were constantly hungry.
#2 I was the eldest of three girls, and we had survived a lot in our short lives. We had seen and experienced a lot, but we rarely cried. Until that day, when my sister couldn’t stop crying.
#3 My sisters and I were a single entity. We were a family, and we were all together. We loved each other, and we were happy. Then one day, our mother came home with a carton of milk and a box of macaroni and cheese. She was drunk and angry because she had just fought with her latest boyfriend. There were no hellos or kisses.
#4 When I was placed in foster care, I was terrified of my mother, who was extremely violent with me and my sisters. I was also terrified of the man who took me and my sisters to the car, as we had heard Cookie say she would get us back.