The Softest Rock

The Softest Rock is a raw, deeply reflective memoir about inheritance. What is passed down, what is absorbed, and what must be unlearned to survive with one's soul intact. Born to a mother gripped by crack cocaine addiction and a father surviving through the ruthless world of pimping and hustling, a young black woman enters life surrounded by instability. In her earliest years, safety comes through her grandmother, who becomes her primary caregiver and emotional anchor. Under her grandmothe...