When grief threatens to engulf her fractured family after a tragic accident, Obiajulu Ejiofor, suddenly a single mother in a foreign land, refuses to accept defeat. Drawing on tough-love parenting strategies, Obiajulu teaches her sons and daughters to overcome the daily pressures of poverty, crime and prejudice-and much more. With her relentless support, the children exceed all expectations--becoming a CNN anchor, an Oscar-nominated actor, a medical doctor, and a thriving entrepreneur. In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain E. Asher pays tribute to her mother's strength and determination to raise four successful children in the shadow of tragedy. 

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