A riveting & thought-provoking autobiography by D. J. WILSON
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“Life is not like in the movies, where you can write a Hollywood ending. For most people, life is like a thicket filled with thorns. You can accept the situation and stay stuck, or wake up each day determined to plow your way through it, one inch at a time.’'
-D.J. Wilson
about the book
A young woman of color who grew up in the Southern United States, at a time when segregation was the law. They called it separate but equal. Yet through this process, generations of Black citizens were disenfranchised and rendered powerless. Look! I Can Fly chronicles how these segregationist laws relegated the poor, mostly Blacks, to jobs as aids, helpers, farm laborers and domestics at wages equal that of a third world country. As descendants of poor Black workers living in the Southern US they were expected to follow in their parents footsteps destined to live a life of servitude.
Look! I Can Fly is part 1 of D. J. Wilson’s autobiography, and it begins the retelling of her life story. A life filled with disappointment, uncertainty, hardships, fear and violence. Part 1 of the story starts when she was three, and continues through the age of eighteen. With a bit of humor sprinkled throughout, she shares her most intimate experiences, living in a segregated society, being marginalized, and growing up in poverty. Also, this work tells about her experiences living with bullying, intimate partner violence and domestic terrorism. As well as, a first-hand account of other challenges and traumatic events that impacted her young life.
about the author
D. J. Wilson, a Vietnam Era Veteran served two tours on active duty, during a time, when few women chose the military as an employer. Eight years later, she left Army life, and headed to San Francisco, California, a place that she dreamed about most of her young life. She lived and worked in the beautiful Bay Area for more than forty years, and it remains her favorite place to call home. She raised a beautiful daughter, as a single parent, in a state that welcomed diversity, and encouraged and promoted risk-taking.
As a civilian, she worked more than thirty years for various federal government agencies in the Bay Area. And, she worked with people of all ages, races, and social and economic backgrounds, including political leaders, and other members of the public. The work was exciting and rewarding. It gave her the opportunity to express herself in writing and through public speaking. Most of all, the work gave her the opportunities to travel throughout the State of California and beyond.
