Manifest destiny
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Jewelle Francis
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781491232200
Subjects: Fortitude; Assault and battery; Fiction
Description: With an absentee father and a mother in prison, Destiny Morrison has no choice but to fend for herself on the streets of Las Vegas, where she hangs with a fast crowd who are all headed nowhere fast. A brutal assault causes her to spiral deeper and deeper out of control, until she finds herself in trouble with the law. Can Destiny summon up the fortitude to finally change her life for the better, or will she end up the victim of her own bad choices?
Notes: Includes steps to take if rape occurs and other national resources (pages 266-270).