Dare to Live

From the very beginning, life is hard for Angel Brown. As a child she is passed from foster family to foster family. As an adolescent she barely escapes being raped by her foster father. She runs away, only to find herself living as a squatter in an abandoned building. Throughout the years, Angel tries to make a life for herself, but just when things seem like they are finally going right; her world once again falls apart. She struggles to know how to handle the loss of a child she didn't want in the first place, and she watches her marriage dissolve as her husband becomes increasingly verbally cruel and distant. In the aftermath of a miscarriage and a divorce, Angel decides that it is time for her to go back to her hometown and try to rediscover her roots in hopes of finding some healing. She finally returns to Louisiana to face her demons and start life anew and finds comfort from friends both old and new. When she discovers a letter from the father she barely knew, she begins to hope for a new lease on life. Will Angel find the healing that she needs or will she continue to be held back by her past? Will she discover the strength to Dare to Live her life more abundantly?