Format:
Book
Title:
Journey to I : defiant, defamed, disgraced... my unexpected path to success: (a memoir) / Maisha I.
Author:
I, Maisha, author.
Call Number:
158.3092 I
Publisher, Date:
Denver, CO : Golden Dragon Press, 2014.
©2014
Description:
349 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:
This memoir by counselor and motivational speaker Maisha I, formerly Deidra VaJeanne Gaddy, relates traumatic and difficult events from her childhood and teenage years. She describes how these trauamatic experiences, including being the victim of rape at the age of 13, profoundly impacted her decision making and family life as a teen and young adult. After being convicted of first degree murder and spending six years in prison, Maisha reunited with her two sons and put her life back together. Now a counselor and motivational speaker, an advocate for teens and positive communication between teens and parents, she hopes her story will encourage others to never give up.-- Edited from page [4] of cover and author's website.
Subjects:
I, Maisha -- Childhood and youth.
I, Maisha -- Family.
Counselors -- Biography.
Motivational speakers -- Biography.
Rape victims -- Biography.
Teenage girls -- Conduct of life -- Biography.
African American women -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- Biography.
Dysfunctional families -- Biography.
Self-actualization (Psychology)
ISBN:
9780989460309 (pbk.)
0989460304 (pbk.)