In Inspired by Misfortune, debut author Jessica Palominos shares a few of her most intimate experiences as an underprivileged youth. She details her personal struggles with sexuality, complacency, and the psychological aftermath of being sexually abused as a child. Through the use of short memoirs and poetry, you are guided through the author's mental processes, but more importantly, how she escaped the self-destructive cycle that plagues us as we approach the critical crossroads of identity. No matter what stage of life, these prose serve as conceptual reminders; taking back our lives is a matter of venturing through our psyches and addressing the faulty experiences that we've mistaken as foundations.
