Healing an Opened Wound

Summary: Healing an Opened Wound (But the Scars Are Still Left to Mourn) is a mystifying, dramatic, humorous, powerful, and inspirational story about a young woman named Carleen who struggles through tribulations. Carleen begins daydreaming in a classroom; she travels back into the past where she relives her life in her native Caribbean country of Jamaica. From the tender age of three through nine she lives in four different ...foster homes and has experienced many tragedies. Carleen comes to America at the age of nine to live with her maternal grandmother. She meets her biological mother and she is subjected to abuse and neglect. She remembers many dramas with family and friends. The father of Carleen's child is murdered on Valentine's Day at the age of sixteen. After his death, she faces many obstacles trying to mold a better future for herself and her daughter. [read more]