Amanda Daniel

Transparent Tears: a True Story of a Young Mother's Journey Through High School Drama and the Challenges That Inspired Change Amanda Daniel

Transparent Tears is an autobiography that travels through the hardships and adversities of a young, biracial female. Living in an inner-city and challenged by misfortunes leading to adolescent parenting, this is a true story about growing up in Cambridge Massachusetts where both positive and negative elements impacted developmental milestones. Told by the author herself, Transparent Tears points out the experiences starting from her early childhood realities that set the stage for adolescent drama. An honest reflection detailing the cycles of depression and a life subjected to drugs, sex, violence and the suicide of a parent. It taps into the struggles of a confused girl who, in the process of becoming a young adult gradually defied what society and her surroundings imposed. How this young mother eventually broke loose from a past to create a better future for herself, her child and others in need of help.