From Broken Pieces to Master Peace

Ever since she was a little girl, Melissa had a deep intimacy with love. She’d spend her time reading romance novels, watching movies filled with passion, and fantasizing about her future husband. However, being raised in a strict religious family on the beautiful island of Jamaica, Melissa realized that the romantic life she’d always wanted would probably never happen. It didn’t help that her parent’s marriage was selfishly tumultuous, and as a result, she suffered their wrath through physical and emotional abuse. She became rebellious and depressed: fighting for the freedom she craved so desperately, hoping for love, and spiraling out of control. This coming-of-age memoir documents Melissa’s journey moving to a new country, battling her emotions of feeling unloved, while on her quest for love that left her with unanswered questions and pieces of her heart shattered. With a birth, a death, several heartbreaks, and an interaction with the police that forever changed her life, will Melissa ever gain the peace that she so desperately craved?