This eye-opening story sheds light on a very dark, silent part of our community while providing inspiration to abused and neglected women and children. Curtrina Pharr grew up in a version of Charlotte, N.C., that most of us won’t recognize—one where getting to the park early to avoid the crowd meant getting there in time to claim the relatively secure sleeping spot inside the covered sliding board. Confessions of an Abandoned Child is Curtrina’s story of surviving the death of her parents, physical and emotional abuse, homelessness, and the hardships that often result from all the above. New friends, faith, and the birth of her son helped her to imagine a better future and to start creating it.