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Once There Was a Girl: A Memoir

By: Wendy Reed Randall
Narrated by: Wendy R. Randall
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Summary

Once There Was a Girl is the poignant true story of Wendy, a young black woman struggling to grow up in a housing project in New Orleans. Facing abject poverty, rampant crime, and formidable challenges, she believes against all hope that she will somehow survive. Her mother teaches her how to pray - and pray she does - even when all hope of a better life seems fleeting and perhaps impossible. As time passes, Wendy struggles to not give up, and fervently asks God to perform a miracle and deliver her from the projects to the world she hopes and dreams of.

©2020 Wendy R. Randall (P)2021 Wendy R. Randall

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