The UNNAMED

by Elva Nelsonhayes

At 17 years old, Ruthie gives birth to a child. Her second child, Opal Heaven. Opal is introduced to a world of confusion, anger and shame as she is the grenade her feuding teenage parents toss at each other. Early in childhood Opal finds herself looking for acceptance, belonging and most of all identity in a name. Throughout her search she will struggle to deal with love, loss, being stigmatized and mislabeled by family and so called friends.

Travel with Opal on this true to life emotion-filled, coming of age journey as she searches for her self identity and self love as she begins to accept no one's definition of her.

She defines herself...

217 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 15, 2014