Healing an Opened Wound

Download or read book Healing an Opened Wound written by Pauline Leslie and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healing an Opened Wound (But the Scars Are Still Left to Mourn) is a mystifying, dramatic, humorous, powerful, and inspirational story about a young woman named Carleen who struggles through tribulations. Carleen begins daydreaming in a classroom; she travels back into the past where she relives her life in her native Caribbean country of Jamaica. From the tender age of three through nine she lives in four different foster homes and has experienced many tragedies. Carleen comes to America at the age of nine to live with her maternal grandmother. She meets her biological mother and she is subjected to abuse and neglect. She remembers many dramas with family and friends. The father of CarleenA[a¬a[s child is murdered on ValentineA[a¬a[s Day at the age of sixteen. After his death, she faces many obstacles trying to mold a better future for herself and her daughter.