Weeding Out The RiffRaff: In pursuit of my spiritual journey

by Leslie Green and Leslie Green

Is a memoir of the life and critical times of Author Leslie Green. Leslie endured bullying, rapes, drug addiction, physical and mental abuse. In her book she shares intimate details of various situations she'd encountered. From being born an asthmatic, drug-addicted parents and living in a poverty-stricken household, she had to overcome many hurdles. She's often quotes that is a wonder that she didn't lose her mind or kill someone by now. Her lifestyle experiences lead her on a spiritual journey that freed her from destruction. Here's an excerpt from her book: Well while attending Junior High School, I became bored. So, I befriended a family that their mom worked at night so the house became a hangout house. You can imagine what happened in there I got involved with my friend's brother. One day he raped me and I never was the same. He was 14 and I was 15. I became pregnant. He was not nice to me afterwards. He only treated me nice when he wanted to sleep with me again. There I go gullible and people pleasing. I lost the baby to a miscarriage at 7 months. My mom took me to St John's hospital in Brooklyn on Atlantic Avenue and just left me there. I was in labor with excruciating pain. I felt so alone. I had the baby at 8:27 p.m. January 2nd 1975 weighing only 2 lb. On May 2nd 2018, I went to the bureau of vital records and found out my baby live for 4 hours and 18 minutes until God took her back. The next morning after giving birth the doctor came and told me she was gone. I was so unhappy. How could God take her after I prayed and cried all night long? Nevertheless she was gone. I love her with all my heart. I named her Nicole. She would have been 43 years old today. Needless to say, afterwards, I felt so dirty and took shower after shower to feel clean. I wanted to have a funeral but my mother said: "Oh Leslie please" she was too little. I was just a kid. How does a parent just shrug something that important off? I needed therapy in the worst way which I ended up getting much later. Just to close this chapter of grieving in my life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1987643178
• ISBN13: 9781987643176
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"