This memoir chronicles a young girl's journey through abuse, impoverishment, and a continuing search for sustenance that will not die.

From ScratchFrom ScratchA Feast in the MakingThe Way It Is DoneThe ReasonsThe CoastMissing IngredientsMissing IngredientsWhite WashSnow ColdNowhere ManUnnecessary AdditivesBlack OakLearning CurveNo-No ZoneSide Dishes and EntreesSide Dishes and EntreesCasualty of WarPrayer ListThe Good ReverendStubbleThe SingerOur SongRestarting from ScratchRestarting from ScratchSweet and SourNew RecipesGuard DutyCool It NowHidden IngredientsNothing New in NewFrom Constitution to QueenOur SecretA Teenage LoveBlind SpotYellow PeaceA Mess of PottageA BreakLincoln ParkWhen It RainsWondering and WanderingWar of WarsNo Peace in DysfunctionFew Good MenThe Living Doesn't Get EasierHunger PainsCutting Into a New MeDirt Can Never CleanWe Each Miss HerChicken LittleEarly to RiseFood for ThoughtMalnutritionNever TellReawakeningLemme Show You SomethingPut a Fork in ItEyes Bigger Than Your StomachLife Rang OnMy HappyDull PainGotta Be My Own HealingPretty as PatPatty ChangePurgeMr. Lover ManOn the Next Bus