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Beautiful: Unashamed and Unafraid

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3.8

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8H 26min
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English
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Biographies

A girl, an island, and an unimaginable secret . . .

As a young girl growing up in Jamaica, Jozanne Marie's greatest desire was to restore a missing ancestral link and satisfy a longing for the one person she believed could affirm her identity . . .

Her father.

He had left for America when she was just an infant. After five years living on the island with an emotionally unavailable mother and a young grandmother (hiding a pocket full of secrets), her father made his triumphant return. He drove up in a white 1980s Volkswagen Beetle, enchanting as a dream, and Jozanne believed her paternal protector had finally come back for her. Tragically, her supposed redeemer became her greatest adversary.

Beautiful is one woman's courageous spiritual journey to self-love and healing after a childhood of sexual and physical abuse.

© 2019 HighBridge Audio (Audiobook): 9781684577293

Release date

Audiobook: 19 December 2019

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