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THE CHILD WHO WAS LEFT BEHIND
Book Description What happens when the one person you’re born expecting to love you is the one whose love you spend a lifetime searching for? Born in Jamaica, Dainty Rose entered the world longing for something every child deserves—a…
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…It was a heavy cloak I wore, making me feel clumsy and out of place in the world. Even when I was with Mama Elara, surrounded by her warmth, a part of me was always braced for the next blow, always listening for the whispers of rejection. I longed for a love that felt as solid and unwavering as Mama Elara’s, a love that would see me, truly see me, and embrace me, scars and all. But that kind of love, the kind that erased the feeling of being left behind, seemed to belong to another world, a world I could only glimpse from the outside. And as I grew, the weight of those unseen scars grew heavier, a constant reminder of the love I so desperately craved, and so rarely found.