That Yankee Girl by Michaelia Morgan

From the heights of 1950s New York to the depths of the segregated South in the 1960s, Michaelia's journey began in defiance of cultural norms. Born out of wedlock and cast out at thirteen, she moved to California at fifteen and secured her own apartment in Los Angeles at sixteen.
Hers is an unflinchingly bold story cleaved by rupture and reinvention, devastating heartbreak, and also incalculable kindness. An old soul with a sharp wit and an unyielding dedication to justice and courage, her narrative is marked by frank honesty coupled with the heart of a child.
This first volume, The Early Years, is a riveting true story revealing the determination of a young child in possession of remarkable resilience.
Written in a blended Southern dialect, this author delivers magnetic stories: a veritable lodestone, accomplished at captivating readers eager for more.
Also available on Audible, narrated in dialect by the author.