This book has everything that you’re looking for in a family drama! Vantage Point is a work of women’s fiction with a strong female voice, unexpected twists, complex female characters, and complicated family dynamics. The reader is able to see how each member of this poverty stricken family deals with murder, abuse, death, addiction, and betrayal.
Marsha is a single mother of three who began having children at the age of 16. After working hard to care for them for over a decade, she succumbs to a fate that even she would never have predicted.
Nevaeh is Marsha’s eldest daughter. Not yet 16, she becomes a mother to her siblings after her own mother is stabbed and her whole world begins to fall apart. She loses all hope for her future, but fights through depression and poverty to make sure that her sister’s prospects remain bright.
Junior is the man of the house at only 10 years old. While trying to protect his mother, he accidentally stabs her. Overwhelmed by guilt he runs away and finds that the streets are not meant for comfort.
Sasha is Junior’s twin sister. Without the burden of the responsibilities taken on by her siblings, she lives in the same world but is blind to the weight of the world being held up by the others. Still believing in happy endings, she is the light that may guide her family towards brighter days.
Each member of this struggling family fights through the same battles, but with their own individual demons. See how the guilt of a young boy, the burdens of an imperfect mother, the anger of a teenage girl, and the innocence of a young child shape their perspectives.