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Let My Soul Bare: A Young Girl's Emotional Journey

by Karlene Stewart

140 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #08-0192; ISBN 1-4251-7110-9; US$17.75, C$17.75, EUR12.13, £9.16

In Let My Soul Bare, the character Anita Thorne-Lewis examines the statement "you're the enemy in this family," as told to her by her mother over a decade earlier.

About the Book

Let My Soul Bare is a fictional work that is based partly on the life of Karlene Stewart. The character Anita Thorne-Lewis examines the statement “you’re the enemy in this family,” which was told to her by her mother over a decade earlier. Anita, who was given away by her biological mother at the age of four years old, reminisces on her life’s journey from the day her biological mother gave her away. She reflects on the emotional struggles she had with her adopted mother and how that rocky relationship affected her overall life. The mistakes she made in love and in sex at an early age floods her mind now at the age of thirty.

Anita experiences some happiness and some success along the way, which she views as a happier ending to her beginning. Nonetheless, she acknowledges that she still feels the void, that ache in her heart from not knowing her biological family.

About the Author

The Author Karlene Stewart is a published non-fiction writer of articles and poetry. Let My Soul Bare is her first novel. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Media & Communication, and Philosophy, as well of a Master of Arts Degree in Communication for Social and Behavior Change from the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), University of the West Indies, Mona.

Karlene writes mostly about social commentary, personality profiles, and other autobiographical content.

Besides writing, she is an experienced Administrator, who has worked in the finance and energy industries.

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