Not Easily Washed Away: Resolution, Ramification, and Rebuking Evil

Not Easily Washed Away [Part 2] is the follow up to the riveting and compelling, Not Easily Washed Away [Part 1]. Laila spares no details about her experiences, mental growth, and family after she left the father who sexually, mentally, and emotionally abused her for fifteen years. Her new life is filled with twist and turns, struggles and triumphs, and through it all, the reader experiences the resiliency of the human spirit. A Pakistani woman now living in America is working towards making a better future for herself. As she does this, she wonders how much of her past she should let go. A new mother, with hopes and dreams for her new family, struggles with finding the strength to forget the memories and nightmares of the old one. Sexually abused by her father when she was a little girl, she now has to decide if this will cause her to sever ties with the rest of her family, religion, and live life on her own terms. This heart-wrenching tale examines what a person needs to give up in order to move on. As she becomes stronger day by day, her life remains full of emotional, mental and financial battles but she never back down from her persuit of happiness with her new family and to one day rid herself of the demons in her life.