Motherless Child: A Journey of Growing Up and Forgiving

In The Margins Top Ten Recommended Book! If you ever wondered what really goes on behind the closed doors of a household with an addict or how you can forgive the unforgivable, Valencia Griffin-Wallace shares a raw, real story that teaches you both!

This is the story of how addiction touched the life of one woman. Motherless Child is a journey from childhood to motherhood as the author navigates the waters of being an addict’s daughter.

Valencia Griffin-Wallace tells the story of the life nobody knows, the life of a child of an addict. Her childhood ended quick after her parents’ divorce as her mom soon remarried. The addiction started and she didn’t see any way out. Far from her home state of Louisiana, California was home where everybody was in a gang including all of her friends.

Her life became a tale of unending pain as her mom’s addiction took over. Back in Louisiana, she was shuffled between family members who only made her life worse.

This heart-wrenching story unfolds through glimpses and recollections of her mother, a woman she never knew till long after her death. Raw, poignant and brutally honest, Motherless Child steps into the void and reveals hope and forgiveness through pain.

With uncommon strength and determination, she resolved to forgive her mother and defy the statistics that once defined her.

Motherless Child will convince you that you can get through anything and forgive anyone. Or can you?