New Release
Ketchup Sandwiches (2024)
“For the moment, I am not a fourteen-year-old high school freshmen. The tears running down my face are no longer tears of anger. These are the tears of that eight-year-old girl who checked the mailbox every day and only found disappointment. These are the tears of a ten-year-old girl who prayed every day for someone to come and slay the dragon. The ten-year-old girl that was raped and defiled and left feeling less than human. These are the tears of a twelve-year-old girl responsible for getting her sisters to school, finding food, and trying to take care of her mentally ill mother. The tears streaming down my face are the tears of a wounded child who needed protection – protection that never came.”
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About Stephanie Tobola
Born to parents whose lives were riddled with addiction and self-medicated mental illness, Stephanie was thrust into a role of responsibility at five years old. When a fortuitous fire burns down her family trailer, 12 year old Stephanie finds herself on a journey of healing. With the love and patience of her Aunt and Uncle along with the help of a kind therapist, Stephanie learns tools to cope with and overcome the damage of her early childhood. Ketchup Sandwiches is an incredible coming of age story.