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Climbing the Broken Stairs, a memoir

Name: Climbing the Broken Stairs, a memoir
Author: Adkins
ISBN: 9780615253657

by Frieda Annette Adkins

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Overview

Frieda Annette Brown grew up in the inner city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She and her five brothers were the illegitimate offspring of Hetty Brown, a wayward and promiscuous single parent with a lustful, reckless spirit and a heartless neglect for the welfare of her children. Hetty's willful abandonment left her children susceptible to the harsh and unforgiving elements and predators of their urban streets. Frieda (Hetty's only daughter) was seven when her nightmares began. Repeated sexual assaults and Hetty's unwillingness to care, forced Frieda to bear the burdens of numerous aggressors. As a lonely battle for survival began, Frieda's climb to overcome the trials and tribulations that plagued her life was unimaginable. As Frieda fought to maintain faith that a better life was possible, the poisonous influences of a disheartening environment seemed non-survivable. Climbing the Broken Stairs is a journey of determination, and an inspiring and personal testament to the mercy, power, and glory of God.

Synopsis

Frieda Annette Brown grew up in the inner city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She and her five brothers were the illegitimate offspring of Hetty Anna Brown, a wayward and promiscuous soul with a lustful, reckless spirit and a heartless neglect for the welfare of her children. Hetty's willful abandonment left her six children susceptible to the harsh and unforgiving elements and predators of their urban streets. Frieda was seven when her nightmares began. Forced to bear the burdens of numerous aggressors, the child would endure a lonely battle to overcome child abuse, of which most occurred within the families. The climb to overcome the trials and tribulations that plagued her life was unimaginable, as Frieda struggled to maintain belief that a better life was possible, if she could first break free from this dysfunctional environment. Climbing the Broken Stairs, is an inspiring true-life journey of determination, and an inspiring and personal testament to the mercy, power, and glory of God.