Review: I’ve been a fan of Ashley’s writing for a long time I first became familiar with her through a podcast that I now can’t remember, but what has always impressed me about her is her ability to feel her feelings clearly and objectively. As Ashley battles her body and her environment, she embarks on a powerful journey to find the threads between who she is and what she was born into, and the complicated familial love that often binds them. Somebody's Daughter steps into the world of growing up a poor Black girl in Indiana with a family fragmented by incarceration, exploring how isolating and complex such a childhood can be. and Ashley's entire world is turned upside down. Then, her grandmother reveals the truth about her father's incarceration.

Still reeling from the rape, which she keeps secret from her family, Ashley desperately searches for meaning in the chaos. When the relationship turns sour, he assaults her. In her search for unconditional love, Ashley begins dating a boy her mother hates. She doesn't know how to deal with the incessant worries that keep her up at night, or how to handle the changes in her body that draw unwanted attention from men. There are just a few problems: he's in prison, and she doesn't know what he did to end up there. Publisher Synopsis: Through poverty, adolescence, and a fraught relationship with her mother, Ashley Ford wishes she could turn to her father for hope and encouragement.

Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford