Born in Greenville South Carolina, Charlotte Spencer was often thrust in charge of her family while only a child herself. Living in abject poverty and suffering appalling abuse at the hands of a strange white man, her life becomes filled with demands and desires beyond her control. Determined to leave a place she considered unsafe, she made it through to eventually become a manager at a fortune 500 company and a professor at a leading university. When Spring Comes I'll Fly Away is a compelling, moving, funny, shocking, and finally the story of triumph and success of a girl's journey into adulthood. When Spring Comes I'll Fly Away is a work of the intimate daily life and the harsh realities of growing up female in the rural South.