this book was about a single mom" she was from washington dc" she was raped by her step father when her mother found out she was pregnant she put " her out she was homeless " the only person who"took her in was her best friend name helen grand ma " lived very far so she have her best friend nena that young woman name was shela after she have her baby she named her sasha shela have to work to mentain both of them till she could rent a place shela was working at a grocery store not too far away from where she got the apartment .