Winner of the 2020 Best Books Awards in the category of African American fiction
Winner of the Readers Favorite 2021 Readers'' Favorite International Book Award Contest in the Urban Fiction category
When twenty-four-year-old Tara Walker goes home for her brother''s funeral, she discovers the secret journal she started when she was eight. As she reads, she is pulled back into her complicated, raw, and often frightening childhood, where drug addiction, alcoholism and predators brought chaos into her privileged, middle-class home.
Through the love and guidance of her hard-working parents, Tara navigates these threats and matures into a smart, strong, young woman. Yet, even as she celebrates small personal victories, she spirals into a dark depression
