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A powerful, unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer in rural Indiana - only to find that no one can really "make it out" until they make peace with where their story began: home. Home, it turns out, is where the war is. It's also where the healing begins.. Dana Trent is only a preschooler the first time she uses a razor blade to cut up weed and fill dime bags for her schizophrenic father, King. While King struggles with his unmedicated psychosis, Dana's mother, the Lady, a cold and self-absorbed woman whose personality disorders rule the home, guards large bricks of drugs from the safety of their squalid trailer. But when the Lady impulsively plucks Dana from the Midwest and moves the two of them south, their fresh start results in homelessness and bankruptcy.
About the Author
Dana is a graduate of Duke Divinity School and an ordained minister in the Southern Baptist tradition. She is married to Fred Eaker, a devout Hindu who formerly lived as a monk and priest.
