Every since she was seven, Toni had been fighting and trying to survive the unfortunate hand she was dealt in life. After enduring a painful experience at the hands of a family member. She runs away from home at the age of ten and set out on a journey that will constantly have her fighting for her life. Through sexual abuse, domestic violence, and drug abuse she makes a lot of bad choices and decisions. This story takes you through the streets of Harlem, Chicago, and Alabama as Toni searches for love in all the wrong places. Fueled by anger, bitterness and resentments. She gets caught up in the life of the street game, and becomes Lost and Turned Out.

Lost and Turned Out is the diary of a young girl who grew up with a crack-addicted mother, a father who died too soon, and a family who couldn't care less. That young girl was me. At an early age, I had to learn how to survive on my own, and it wasn't easy. This is the story of how I grew up unloved and unwanted.

Every since she was seven, Toni had been fighting and trying to survive the unfortunate hand she was dealt in life. After enduring a painful experience at the hands of a family member. She runs away from home at the age of ten and set out on a journey that will constantly have her fighting for her life. Through sexual abuse, domestic violence, and drug abuse she makes a lot of bad choices and decisions. This story takes you through the streets of Harlem, Chicago, and Alabama as Toni searches for love in all the wrong places. Fueled by anger, bitterness and resentments. She gets caught up in the life of the street game, and becomes Lost and Turned Out.