UNWANTED FROM THE BEGINNING

Opal Saeed's memoir, "Unwanted from the Beginning," depicts a childhood marked by courage and suffering. Growing up in the picturesque grandeur of Bedford county, Virginia, Opal's early years were filled with innocent adventures and sharp differences between her parents' backgrounds—a Cherokee-rooted mother and a city-raised father. However, beyond this façade of natural beauty lay a problematic home situation rife with abuse, neglect, and the disturbing unpredictability of her parents' tur...