My Name Is Alvonia: The Autobiography of Beverly L. Robinson (Paperback)

"Alvonia Sylvera Wright" was my given name at birth, named after my Dad, Alvin Sylvester Little. By the time that I entered the 1st grade as an innocent 6-year old, I was already two years into being molested by my step-father, Bobby Leray Boykin, Sr., a former US Army E5. I was adopted in 1962 and renamed Beverly Lavonia Boykin with the shameful initials - BLB - of an inglorious bastard.." Now in its 6th printing, this riveting autobiography is written in a Conversational-Narrative style that captures and enraptures the reader. Each page is a real life accounting of the journey beginning as a 4-year old enduring a heart-wrenching childhood to that of becoming an empowered, affirming adult woman of worth, wisdom and dignity. You will be transported to the times, places and emotions of recollections that are shared with such vivid, palpable descriptions. This 351-page tome is an easy, read that will test the range of your emotions.