Shelly Irvine

The Sapling Years Shelly Irvine

A personal memoir of one young American's life from childhood through age 21, with the underlying theme that life goes on despite trials and hardships, everything changes, and this too shall pass. Reflections on childhood in rural Virginia, education in the Bible belt, surviving an abusive relationship, experiences of Army life, adventures in new lands, love, marriage, childbirth, divorce, and new relationships.