Tatu Reginaldah

Tatu opens up about her life as an 18 year old held hostage by a close family friend and forced to be a “wife” and a mother of three. She tells her story recounting events from the day she is locked up to the day she finally frees herself in a way that can help anyone else going through a similar or near similar case. While we may all know or have heard about abuse, young parenting and teen marriages, a few people have experienced it. Some we know, some we don’t and many have lost their lives where they could have helped themselves or sought help. The memoir takes through the transformation of Tatu from a fearful, naive little girl to a grown up aware of her emotions, picking herself up, learning, unlearning and relearning many things and valuing freedom. ME is a story put together in both an entertaining and emotional way, opening us up to the life of a naive girl, a distraught family and a man deeply in love.