Monday, June 27, 2016

The Author Chat Show with Lynda D. Brown 06/28 by Lynda D Brown | Books Podcasts

The Author Chat Show with Lynda D. Brown 06/28 by Lynda D Brown | Books Podcasts: Meet author Shenandoah Chefalo. She's stopping by the Author Chat show to discuss her book, Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir About the book: Garbage Bag Suitcase is the true story of Shenandoah Chefalo's wholly dysfunctional journey through a childhood with neglectful, drug-and alcohol addicted parents. She endured numerous moves in the middle of the night with just minutes to pack, multiple changes in schools, hunger, cruelty, and loneliness. Finally at the age of 13, Shen had had enough. After being abandoned by her mother for months at her grandmother's retirement community, she asked to be put into foster care. Surely she would fare better at a stable home than living with her mother? It turns out that it was not the storybook ending she had hoped for. About the author: Plagued and embarrassed by her name, made worse by a nomadic childhood that made it impossible to build lasting relationships, Shenandoah Chefalo developed a tough skin at an early age. Along the way she learned to deal with disappointment, push through discomfort, overcome adversity and accurately gauge people, qualities that have helped her to succeed.