In the short story "Overcoming A Life Of Turmoil, Losing A Child In The Midst Of It", Author Barbara Johnson Simpson display her life before and after losing her daughter. During this challenging time, she experienced becoming homeless, accepting a job as director of a homeless shelter and difficult personal relationships. This book replicates the story of many women from various walks of life, ethnic groups, faiths, and socio-economic statuses. This book is the voice of the woman within, the silent woman, and abused woman who finds a way to mask her pain by fashionably dressing her outward appearance. Beautiful on the outside, but yet torn up on the inside, Barbara Johnson Simpson has facade a success that has intimately interwoven the threads of failure into her daily existence. This book characterizes a woman from a middle class family in the small bible-belt city of Shreveport, Louisiana a city filled with individuals who have become actors. There are lessons on purpose, manipulation, infidelity, intimacy, and relationships. There are also lessons of redemption, love, forgiveness, and transformation. This is a holistic book that provides hope and healing. It's a book of broken pieces mended together by the artistry of our Creator through true repentance.