There have been many authors who have written down their life story in a book, but one particular author that comes to mind, is Dorothy Allison. Dorothy was worn in Greenville, South Carolina on the year of 1949 to an unwed mother. In fact, her mother not only was unwed, but she was a “baby” herself. She was 15 years old and still attending middle school. With her child in mind, she dropped out of middle school …showed first 75 words of 572 total…

…showed last 75 words of 572 total…are out there, me must not forget Dorothy Allison. She prevailed over a great deal and made a dent in society while at it. She writes to those people, mostly women, who are having a hard time dealing with who they are and what they have gone through. By doing what she is doing, she is helping someone else coop with his or her problems, which is the basis for her novels, stories, and poems.