Böcker av Terri McEachren-LeVert

Sunni Ducayne's story begins when she is 8 years old. She doesn't have the best Mama; Mama is neglectful, selfish, and unpredictable. Daddy is a famous rock star, who is often away and blissfully ignorant of life at home. After Daddy finds out he is not Sunni's real father, Mama leaves and takes Sunni with her on a harrowing journey, exposing her to a transient lifestyle and dangerous people. Mama has no plan and no means to support herself and Sunni. They travel with no real destination, staying with whoever will have them; friends or strangers. They sleep in spare rooms, on couches, in the car, and wherever else they can find. Sunni misses her Daddy and tries desperately to reconnect with him any way she can. Mama tends to abandon Sunni for days or weeks at a time, but Mama always comes back...until she doesn't. How will Sunni cope without her? How does her upbringing affect her? Will she inherit Mama's dysfunctional ways? And where is Mama? Sunni grows up alongside Mama's chaotic lifestyle, and is forever changed by her experiences. As an adult, Sunni struggles to connect with others, fights the urge to constantly run, and attempts to navigate life and relationships.Sunni tells her heart-wrenching story in her own words. We view the world through her eyes, as we follow her from an unfortunate and deprived childhood, into adulthood, as she tries to survive and thrive despite Mama's legacy.

There's something wrong with Adelia. As the result of a tragedy, she resides with her Uncle Lewis in his sprawling home, Craymore Estate. Isolated and lonely, and recovering from a traumatic head injury, Adelia slowly begins to discover the mysteries and secrets of her new surroundings. She is plagued by visions, and terrorized by the things that go bump in the night. Is it all a product of her damaged mind or is there something more sinister happening? The reader is taken on Adelia's journey, in all it's twists and turns, culminating in a finale no one will see comingThe Unsettling is a classic gothic haunted house tale with a twist. The curious tale of Adelia will definitely 'unsettle' you!

Annie Brewer (the future Annie Ducayne) is tough, and rough around the edges. As a child, she's street smart, and never naive. She needs to be to deal with the harsh realities of her world and her family. Annie's life is full of secrets, and she doesn't even know all of them. Her abusive alcoholic mother, Louise, pretends to be an upstanding citizen, but the revolving door of equally awful men in her life proves otherwise. Her brother Freddie is living his own private hell, so the only person Annie has is her best friend Daisy, whom everyone calls Upsy. But Annie has dreams of a bigger life; she's not content to exist like this - she needs more, she knows she deserves more. She needs to run. So when tragedy and trauma strike more than once, Annie has the impetus she needs to escape to an uncertain future - where fear of the unknown trumps her hellish existence.This book is the prequel to "The Soliloquy of Sunni Ducayne", published in 2019. This is Sunni's mother's story; detailing her journey through childhood, allowing readers to understand how she became the mother she was. It can be read as a stand alone book, but readers of Sunni's story will appreciate the ties, and familiar characters, between both books.