This Wasn't Supposed To Be My Story

Name: This Wasn't Supposed To Be My Story
Brand: NY Publishers
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This Wasn't Supposed to Be My Story is a powerful memoir of resilience, reinvention, and truth-telling by Dr. Vanda Seward. Becoming a mother at sixteen, dropping out of high school, and growing up in public housing were supposed to define-and limit-her future. Instead, they became the foundation of a life lived on her own terms.
With raw honesty, Seward traces her journey from the Bronx to a groundbreaking career inside New York State's criminal justice system, offering a rare insider perspective shaped by lived experience. She writes candidly about teen motherhood, street life, love and loss, working behind prison walls, and marrying a man who was incarcerated-while ultimately earning a GED, multiple degrees, and a PhD.
Threaded throughout is her mantra, "I don't give a damn," not as defiance, but as clarity and self-preservation. This memoir challenges stereotypes, exposes the human cost of mass incarceration, and affirms that destiny is not dictated by circumstance-but reclaimed through courage, education, and truth.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 268
Release Date:: 2026-02-06
Publication Date:: 2026-02-13
Publisher:: NY Publishers
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1964365740
ISBN13:: 9781964365749
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 393 g
Height:: 152 cm
Width:: 229 cm
Thickness:: 15 cm

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