I Don't Look Like What I've Been Through

By Jenica Johnson

Description:

Two best friends from different sides of the track are dealing with harsh issues of life. With the lack
of love, dealing with rejection, bitterness and abuse Kierra and Brandon feel as though life
couldn't get any worse.

Kierra is a motherless child who feels as though no one wants her. She regrets the day her
mother and father conceived her. Being from a family that didn't have much, she was determined
to leave and never come back to the life she once lived. That is until she pops up pregnant from her overly possessive and abusive boyfriend, who doesn't want her but doesn't want anyone else to have her either. He goes through extreme measures to make sure that Kierra doesn't get the attention she deserves from anyone else, even her best friend Brandon.

Brandon comes from a family of wealth but everything that glitters is not always gold. Brandon deals with rejection from his father and although Brandon has everything he wants he still feels a void in his life. Brandon is raised in church but feels that all church is about is a fashion show and money. Brandon decides to leave his family and venture off into a world of his own, only to realize that there were some life lessons only his drunk father could teach him. Brandon ends up right back where he started; home.

Kierra and Brandon are going through a lot from their youth all the way to adulthood, until a mentor steps into their life and guides them into the direction they should go. Only God can take the sting of rejection and depression and give them beauty for ashes.

Book Takeaway:

Domestic violence is never ok. All abuse hurts and not just physically but you are not alone and there is a way out if you just trust in the Lord.

Why the author wrote this book:

Real life and personal experiences with domesti violence and the power of God was the reason behind this series. The author wanted to show the readers how God could change things around for them even in a situation as hard as this one.