Download or read book Soar Like an Eagle written by Patrice Courson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Envision a young girl growing up in the suburbs; who was given every advantage by her parents except love. The privileged teen finds herself falling for a boy from the wrong side of town and growing up to be what she dislikes most...someone torn between two worlds; what she has been taught to believe as fact because her background demands it and what she ultimately learns as truth. As she develops into a beautiful woman, her lover does all he knows to become a loving and supportive partner in place of the background that he never had due to his father’s early departure. Sadly, their relationship, even as deeply in love as they are with one another, doesn’t last. It crumbles under the double-edged sword of insecurity and his infidelity. Skipping college, she learns to grow outside of the bounds of her family circumstances as she enters the workforce in order to survive. From her personal struggles with career and various life experiences she realizes their search for love and acceptance was in all the wrong places. The pair splits up when he leaves in order to pursue his acting\modeling goals on the West Coast. In retaliation, she unfortunately rushes into a hasty marriage to an older gentleman with a child in order to fulfill her dreams of a having a family. After her new husband abuses her badly, she goes on a journey for survival; running away from home to insure her safety. As circumstances change in her life from bad to worse and back again over time, she overcomes adversity with great effort. In the meantime, she discovers not only her own resourcefulness but herself in the process. Visit this tiny microcosm on paper and find something about yourself. When you read this story, discover a common thread about how events that happened in both of their lives change them for the good and for the bad. Regardless of how many obstacles that ultimately occur as they progress from teenagers to young lovers and beyond, the reader finally discovers that true love really does exist and how to find it. Its outcome of their story ultimately will take your breath away.