Joreen Sykes is the author of 4AM, a candid and vivid real-life retrospect of a mothers struggle to regain her self-control and sanity after the tragic and sudden loss of her son Marcus do to gun violence. Ms. Sykes pulls no punches and makes no apologies as she pours out her heart and shares her struggle with grief, with the hope of providing solace for others who have shared her experience and to provide insight for youth to experience through her the other side of violence.