Reading this book and putting myself in her shoes I know I wouldn’t be able to do it, I probably would want to die. I can’t imagine how she gained the strength to deal with everything. TO not have love but be used by both parents is crazy. This book touched me in a different light because of the career path I chosen which is to be a social worker. It made me wonder if all girls in New York go through things like this. I wanted to know the percentage and why it is an ongoing thing. It made me what to slap her mother for her, I mean I know that isn’t the answer but what kind of sick minded women lets her boyfriend /husband whatever touch her baby and let him have a baby with her baby and the worst part is blame the child. What about the people at the welfare place why wouldn’t they report it why do so many turn their backs and act like nothing is going on. Where are the caring people? Where is her safety? Who’s protecting her? How does a child get forced out of school for being pregnant who mad that rule. I wonder how her mother’s childhood was and what she went through. I wonder what made precious keep fighting even before her baby. To grow up without a family is one thing but to grow up with family and treats you like your nothing to them nothing more than something they own it is very painful. I want her to find someone to care for her it makes me angry to see her taking that abuse. She is scared for life and can never erase those memories away. She is scared for life. She tries and takes a stand because she believes everything will be alright
