Trust Your Struggle

by Carissa B. McGee

Overview

Trust Your Struggle is a novel that is intended to enlighten, empower, and inspire people who have been either directly or indirectly impacted by the criminal justice system. This is a story that explains how a child is able to survive the adult correctional system while overcoming her childhood traumas. The characters in the book are closely based on the true story and life of Carissa and she does a wonderful job of capturing most of the elements, personalities, and attitudes of each character accurately. The story is written in a way to entice the reader to turn another page. It bounces smoothly back and forth from Carissa's prison experience to her childhood experiences and, in the end, she is able to paint a vivid picture for the reader to see clearly and better understand how a rising star student-athlete, who had everything seemingly in the palm of her hands, could commit such a heinous act like attempted murder. Trust Your Struggle is a read that will have you hooked from page one. Saul Hernandez is the artist for the book's front cover.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781543964523
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	03/18/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	454
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Carissa B. McGee is an advocate, author, and basketball official whose story is well-known in New Mexico, the state in which she's spent her life. Once a rising star athlete from Las Cruces, she committed a violent crime with tragic consequences—but it was also serendipitous, as it put her on her life's path.
 
She is owner and founder of Real Talk Consulting, LLC, whose mission is to inspire people to live to their fullest potential. She also continues to work as a Training Specialist for the New Mexico Peer Education Project for the nonprofit organization, Project ECHO.
 
She lives in New Mexico with her wife and their two pit bulls. Follow her on Facebook (carissamcgee545) and Instagram (c.bmcgee), or check her out on one of the many basketball courts throughout New Mexico (she'll be wearing the white and black stripes).

Saul Hernandez has a natural gift for capturing the true intent of a picture. He has had a passion for art since he was a young boy and has completed a number of projects that speak to his outstanding talents. Although he is not an artist by trade, he still invests a great deal of his life to his art expressions.