Not My Past. My Story.

In this powerful memoir, a young woman from Eastern Kentucky shares her struggles with motherhood, heroin addiction, and the stillbirth of her daughter. She describes what childhood was like when her mother was an addict and her father was abusive. She tells of her own descent into addiction and the terrible things she did to feed her habit. And she shares the story of her daughter's birth and how she found the strength to turn her life around.