An impactful memoir sticks with you long after you've finished reading it. And I can say, a few months after having read this, I am still thinking about and reflecting on Somebody's Daughter. It takes so much courage to take your entire life story - your experiences, feelings, and thoughts - and share them. But Ford did just that and we are so lucky to be able to read this story. 

Ford's story isn't an easy one to read - there are a lot of experiences that can be hard to read about. However, we can learn so much from Ashley. This book sheds a light on what it's light to grow up black in America. On what it's like to not have the white picket fence childhood. The reader is able to hear about such raw emotions surrounding difficult parental relationships.