Roots of Hope

In this riveting and honest memoir, readers will be swept up in a sea of emotional highs and lows from the very first page to the very last. With heartfelt emotion A.V. recounts her journey to overcome the trauma associated with being both physically and emotionally abused as a child. With brutal honestly, she unveils her doubts and fears, wondering if the possibility of a normal life exists.Born in India to parents who could not keep her, A.V. was adopted and moved to the United States. For several years she lived an idyllic life with two parents who loved her immensely. But as the years passed, everything changed. She soon found herself the victim of extreme physical and emotional abuse at the hand of her mother. In this memoir, A.V. describes in agonizing detail, the events that transpired during her young life. But even in the depths of despair, A.V. never lost hope that one day, things would get better.Roots of Hope is an intimate, vulnerable account of the resilience of the human spirit. Themes of triumph and courage permeate throughout, leaving readers with the undeniable truth: hope prevails in darkness; there is power in believing.