Stepping Stones

To the outside world, Paige Allen had the perfect life. Everything seemed flawless. She was beautiful and had a handsome, successful husband who everyone believed adored her. She had the perfect home, and everything she possessed was envied by others. She had two beautiful, smart, athletic, popular daughters who always captured everyone's attention. To the outside world, she seemed like the perfect wife, the perfect mother. She kept the flaws well hidden. She was very protective of the facade she had created, and she was determined to keep it that way. Roda Allen lived inside those walls, the hidden flaw within Paige's world. Roda was the imperfect daughter, born in between two perfect sisters. Her journey reveals not only the dysfunction of a seemingly perfect family but the heartbreak of a mother's rejection. Coming full circle when she's an adult, Roda Allen-Emerson must decide who she truly believes herself to be: the awkward, insecure, unworthy girl her mother believed her to be, or the accomplished, successful woman she has become.