From the ugly comes great beauty in this heartfelt recollection of a young girl's life. Young Sasha is surrounded by family discord and it's just not fair. All she desires is the kind of childhood all kids dream of and deserve. But her abusive father repeatedly beats her kind and loving mother and it looks like that is how it will always be. Sasha is resigned to multiple visits to her home by the police as she watches her father get hauled away time and time again, his breath reeking of alcohol. And then one day comes a true rest from the wild. Her mother whisks Sasha away and together they escape her fathers wrath by moving to a family shelter. Aimed at young people who may be experiencing a life like Sasha's, Latoya Barnett's little book may just hold the key of inspiration for anyone suffering the indignities of domestic abuse.