Beautiful: Unashamed and Unafraid

Jozanne Marie

Dec 2019 · Highbridge Audio · Narrated by Janina Edwards

About this audiobook

A girl, an island, and an unimaginable secret . . . As a young girl growing up in Jamaica, Jozanne Marie's greatest desire was to restore a missing ancestral link and satisfy a longing for the one person she believed could affirm her identity . . . Her father. He had left for America when she was just an infant. After five years living on the island with an emotionally unavailable mother and a young grandmother (hiding a pocket full of secrets), her father made his triumphant return. He drove up in a white 1980s Volkswagen Beetle, enchanting as a dream, and Jozanne believed her paternal protector had finally come back for her. Tragically, her supposed redeemer became her greatest adversary. Beautiful is one woman's courageous spiritual journey to self-love and healing after a childhood of sexual and physical abuse.

About the author

Jozanne Marie is an acclaimed actress, playwright, poet, speaker, and an advocate for women. Jozanne won an NAACP Theatre Award for Best Solo Show for Beautiful, which she wrote and performed.

Janina Edwards, a graduate of New York University's Tisch Schools of the Arts, recorded her first audiobook in 1987. She is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, as well as a finalist for the Audie Award. In addition to narrating audiobooks, she is a certified yoga teacher, sings kirtan, and plays the violin.