By Shandreka M. Jones
Butterfly In The Attic
Non Fiction
Butterfly in the Attic-My story of abuse and abandonment in foster care.
After seventeen years of suffering in silence, Shandreka Jones has found the courage to publicly share her abusive foster care experience. Her dark days in the attic, an area she was too often confined to, were spent daydreaming of the day her distant caseworker or mother would rescue her from the obvious neglect and pain she endured daily.
Best Selling Book
Butterfly In The Attic
Shandreka boldly exposes the foster care’s broken system by sharing how she was knowingly placed in abusive environments, and how neighbors, teachers, and even family ignored the blatant signs of neglect in her eyes, the fresh bruises on her body, and her broken spirit. Without anyone willing to be her voice, Shandreka authors Butterfly in the Attic with hopes of being that voice for the many children regrettably living in abusive foster care homes. Shandreka also speaks to the hearts of those who live disturbing lifestyles as a result of their past abuse, and also the many who’ve died from the hands of licensed foster parents.
This emotional, narrative non-fiction will leave readers in complete disbelief as Shandreka reveals details of her life behind the closed, dark doors of abusive foster care families. Seventeen years of abandonment, abuse, and neglect led to a young adult life of promiscuity and low self esteem. Butterfly in the Attic doesn’t’ end in darkness; Shandreka writes of how she found the courage to pull herself out of the darkness and into the light. Although still living with constant triggers of her foster care past, Shandreka is now a wife and mother with a compelling story of valor that is promised to encourage and uplift readers.
Not only a tell-all book, but Shandreka suggests solutions to the broken foster care system, and also includes documented facts and guidelines set by the system to protect children entering the system. These guidelines are seemingly ignored by some organizations, and although statistics aren’t documented, Shandreka is a living statistic. Butterfly in the Attic is also a plea for readers who may have had no dealings with the foster care system, yet are asked to be aware of their duty as neighbors, friends, and family – society’s shared responsibility.
Shandreka founded Butterfly’s Den in 2017, to empower transitional aged youth and young adults who aged out of the foster care system achieve independence through consistent, transformational relationships and impactful developmental services.