At 14 years old Aaliyah thinks she has life all figured out. After being caught at home with a boy when she should be in school, her mother, Victoria, has had enough. Deciding that Aaliyah is finally ready for the truth about who her mother really is, Victoria hands her a diary of her own, full of reality checks that not even Aaliyah is ready to cash. From sneaking to have her first abortion, to having her heart broken over and over again, Aaliyah finally realizes that her mother has been through it all and more. She reads along as Victoria is constantly faced with hard decisions, in the midst of holding down both her man and her child on her own. In doing so, she risks her freedom, and even worse, her life. They say once a good girl’s gone bad she’s gone forever and Aaliyah has no idea until now just how much this saying applies to her mother. As she reads about her mother falling deeper into the darkness, she can’t help but wonder how far is too far? Follow along as we learn about Victoria’s journey through the eyes of her daughter and find out just how much the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree.
Chyna L is a 27 year old single mother of two with a heart for teenage girls and young women. She was raised in the slums of Boston by a single mother and became a single mother herself at the age of 16. Nevertheless, she refused to become a statistic and still carried on with her dreams of becoming a writer. In her stories she strives to set good and bad examples for her readers while giving them a taste of what she's been through. When she's not reading, writing, or being a mom you can find her with her hands in many other things including the fashion world and music industry. She is the true definition of a hustler in heels.