A small Southern town can be an ideal place to grow up, but it can also be harsh and unforgiving. There a person is known by their heritage, and Diella Duet’s was not one to be proud of. She was born poor white trash with a mother and grandmother of unsavory character. The kids at school would never let her forget where she came from and where, in all probability, she was headed. Their taunts stung and brought tears to her eyes, but added determination to her soul. In Defiance of Destiny we actually see and feel the neglect and abuse through Diella. We experience the fear of being molested and the dread of it happening again and again. We see the strength it took to live through these horrors and actually defy destiny. But then fate dealt one final blow that almost robbed her of the will to live.