A Sharecropper's Daughter: Memories (PB) (2020)

Blurb

At a time when our country grapples with issues like gun control, violence between its citizens, or whether to consider reparations for former slaves or their descendants, The Sharecropper's Daughter shines light on the life of one African American family during the fifties to late nineties, which has pulled back the curtain, exposing, at least in part, what has led us where we are today. Resources such as established historical commentaries such as Daniel Patrick Moynihan's report on the plight of African American families following slavery, and Freedom's Story Essays 1609-1865, and of course, the Holy Bible provided some backdrop to recent history.

Since we know of the impact environment plays in molding and shaping the life of an individual, it becomes possible to see root causes for social issues we face. Every seed planted into ripe soil and nurtured will yield a harvest of its own kind such as delicious peaches, delightful berries, or Love. The same is true with negative impacts to the human mind the human soul, whether it be child molestation, hatred, or evil of any type, unless that soul seeks a higher power, faith in God, to alter that established pathway.

In overcoming childhood abuse, poverty, and pitfalls of many types, the author of this book decided to push back against the forces that pulled her downward, refusing to give up, always telling herself, "You can make it," and therefore, has become a testament to the resiliency of the human spirit to overcome adversity, providing proof positive that with God's help, "Where there is a will, there is a way, and thereby, all things are possible."