UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT, THE JOURNEY OF A CARIBBEAN MOTHER, RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF DREAMS AND FAMILY
A VIVID DEEPLY HUMAN MEMOIR OF ONE WOMAN REFUSED TO LET CIRCUMSTANCES WRITE THE END IN HALF A STORY BORN INTO A VIBRANT SUN SOAKED CULTURE OF THE CARIBBEAN DEBBIE GREW UP DREAMING OF A LIFE BIGGER THAN THE NORRIS STREETS OF A CHILDHOOD BUT DREAM DEMAND, SACRIFICE, AND HERS WOULD BE TESTED AGAIN AND AGAIN THROUGH HEARTBREAK, HARD CHOICES, AND DOWNTOWN LEAP OF LEAVING HOME BEHIND FOR THE UNCERTAIN PROMISE OFF NEW YORK CITY
WHAT FOLLOWS IS A RAW INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF SURVIVAL THE EXHAUSTING BALANCE OF MOTHERHOOD AND MULTIPLE JOBS THE QUIET DEFIANCE OF KEEPING CULTURE AND FAMILY, TRADITIONAL LIFE FAR FROM HOME AND THIS SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT THREATENER TO BREAK EVEN THE STRONGEST SPIRIT
THROUGH THIS SPAY AND RENEWAL, SMALL VICTORIES AND HARD ONE. HOPE DEBBIE STORY BECAME MORE THAN A PERSONNEL HISTORY. IT BECOMES TESTAMENT TO MATERNAL LOVE RESILIENCE AND THE UNBREAKABLE WAY TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
TOLD WITH HONESTY AND WARMT UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT INVITES READ US INTO THE HEART OF THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IT GRIEFS AND IT'S GRACE AND OFFERS AN ENDURING REMINDER THAT WITHIN EVERY STRUGGLE LIES THE SEED OF INDOMITABLE SPIRIT,
PERFECT FOR RITA'S OF MEMOIR, IMMIGRANTS, NARRATIVES, AND STORIES OF MATERNAL STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE.