Naked Truth

As an inner city youth, Ieshia Jackson searched her way through Cleveland for opportunity. Urban life had its bad, but it wasn’t without its good. The advantage of growing up rough is the hard-knock lessons learned along the way, if you choose to grow. Her story reveals things unique to the life of a child being raised in the family dynamic of elders rearing future generations. Despite all efforts taken to protect her, she managed to live a risky and promiscuous life. It’s an authentic, transparent memoir of a girl who lived in shame and turmoil, fought insecurity and anxiety. Transformed from victim to bully, from wayward to focused, Ieshia grows through it all. Read more