It's a story about balancing competition with compassion, about focusing on individual goals without losing sight of life's bigger picture, and realizing the great influences that can be made by people who would rarely be considered great. A modern twist on the classic underdog, it's high school track meets Rocky...or Rudy. Rae had lived a tumultuous young life. Having lost both parents by the age of eleven, she was sent to live with her Uncle Joe. Joe was both polarizing and unfiltered, but under his guidance, Rae found solid footing, not just in life, but also on the track, where she had become a captain and a standout miler for the Morris High School track team. As Morris' head track coach, Joe was as unconventional as he was successful. Not only had he won dozens of team titles, at some point throughout his career, he'd coached a state champion in every event...except the mile. Rae was determined to win it for him, during this, her senior season. Rae's single-minded approach was thrown for a loop when Izzy showed up at Morris. As a student with autism, joining the track team could be Izzy's path to inclusion. Rae wanted to take the new girl under her wing, but Joe was against it, knowing the distraction would affect Rae's training and her pursuit of her own personal glory. What transpired was a season full of laughter and tears, triumph and heartbreak, reminding us all that in life's great race, the winner isn't always determined by a stopwatch.

Tiphani is the oldest of four and she has not had the best life growing up. Her father in in prison, her step-father died in a tragic accident and her family is dirt poor. For the past four years Tiphani has kept her head down and worked hard to make a future for herself. She knows that college is her only way out and she will do whatever it takes to get there. A boyfriend was not part of the plan though. Could this guy really be interested in a girl like Tiphani or is this just another trick so the popular kids have more to laugh about?

Life is like a bus ride, people get on and off the bus throughout your life, some stay the whole journey and some just stay a short distance. Unfortunately, the first people to get off my bus were my parents! And I was only five! So my troubles in life started with abandonment, and then built up after a series of events which caused me to fall short on being a model student, an achiever, or an academic. Yet, somehow, I shone through and became an overseas resort controller for UK’s second largest tour operator by being reasonably competent in four languages. I spent 11 years abroad running away from family tragedies and the decline of our family. Then therapy, my saviour, with all of its revelations. The therapist knew what my troubles were before I met her, from my medical records. My story is a prime example of how uncaring parents can mess up a child’s life and how the effect can stay with the child for life. I am 63 now and still have to switch the TV over if there is any interaction between father and son. It’s a bumpy ride, readers! But I am sure you will find it an enjoyable one.

This heart wrenching story is written around a flippant remark made by a woman whilst in hospital and her life story how she was cruelly and violently controlled. 'Taking his time he advanced towards her. "e;You know that you have to be punished, Shamina. You have been a very bad girl, haven't you?"e;'Shamina finally decides she has had enough of the abuse she has suffered at the hands of her husband, James. She makes the brave decision to go to a women's' refuge, but before long, her husband is onto her. It is a game of cat and mouse as Shamina, with the help of a Private Detective 'Bones', tries to free herself of her monstrous husband.Will Shamina ever be free of James and his abuse?

Kerri and Shawn are twin sisters who were separated at the age of seven. Kerri, raised by her dad to be a good person with a loving heart and appreciating life as it is, and Shawn was raised by her mother to work hard, achieve the best in life and not let anyone walk over her or treat her like she was from the slums. These sisters have grown into the women they were taught to be, but after twenty-three years, Shawn decides it is time to return her sister's calls. They both get together and catch up and wonder what it would be like to live the life of the other, since there are things they want to experience. As they execute the idea, they have no idea what's waiting for them on the other side and change them for the better.

Imagine an America where blacks are the oppressors, and whites endured the brutal ship passage to become slaves. A Mile In My Shoes stands exactly on this very premise. In short, it tells the same ol' song and dance of oppression which is not about one's color. It is about whoever is on top, wanting to maintain this position while someone else has to be the nigga. Human nature is the operative factor; color is only an easy designator of difference. In this tale, whether one labels the religious rites circumcision, castration or mutilation, the truth is that the act is a horrific travesty, a mutilation of God's gift. Regarding race, we have come a long way, but we have yet to be in each other's shoes. We cannot go back in time. The only way to achieve true empathy is through strong visualization which can allow us to experience the other's lessons of the soul. A Mile In My Shoes is written at gut level, but with high ideals. Tremaine, the main character, is a young white male who, having witnessed tragedies no child should, grows to manhood by twisting the twisted roots given to him in his own way. The whole country comes to know the gang he initiated at the age of fourteen. Since its inception Nails has been his life, but at thirty-six years old, can an old soldier cross the tracks, join with a black woman, and start a new life? This is but one of the challenges facing Trim, but no matter the number of problems, the love of God remains the one constant in his life; God declares that His investment of spirit shall not come back void. But can the movement of spirit release him from the bondage of circumstance that he might find true love to surpass all else; that love which begins with love of God and self?

A Mile In My Shoes is the testimony of a courageous and determined woman who has been faced with a lot of hurt and pain in her life. The beginning of the book shows the life and relationship she has with her biological mother who had an addiction to drugs and abused her mentally, physically, and emotionally. The book is also a testimony that no matter what one has gone through or is going through, with faith and determination, it can indeed be overcome. This story is told with the intention of helping some, saving others, and freeing people from bondage. It starts with her being a victim and ends with GOD getting the victory. By putting "you" in the story, it allows you (the reader) to feel the words coming off the page. While the physical, mental, and emotional abuse may at times appear to be a little hard to stomach, it is nevertheless a true testimony.