BROKEN SPIRIT

About the Book

This book is about the story of Desiree Chase and based on a true story, which takes place in Harlem, New York. Desiree is the eldest of three children, born to her parents during the mid-1950s. The book makes reference to the various trials and tribulations that Desiree had to encounter during her lifetime. From her mother and father’s divorce, loosing both of them, her father while she was in her 20’s then her mother later in life. To raising her children in a Christian home while dealing with alcoholism and abuse, which was the relationship between her and her husband and surviving that conflict with great spiritual courage and determination. Even though Desiree understood that no human being was perfect, including herself, she still considered herself a woman that was, just as all of us, created in the image of the true and living God. With that in mind, she decided to pick herself up after her divorce, continued to care for her children and then her granddaughter and worked two jobs both full time to do so. She also decided to return to college to receive what she needed to soar high in the employment world and in her own world. She also experienced more disappointment both on the job and in her personal life when she realized that discrimination still existed during these days and times while being considered for promotion in an employment that she loved and enjoyed in the social services world, which is to be aimed at the improvement of the human condition of others, as well as their employees. This has occurred to Desiree twice which was a definite discouragement and extremely depressing to the point that she felt that she needed to enter professional therapy for help and to maintain her own sanity. It is amazing what happens when she stands up for her own rights, her dignity and her beliefs and not fall for just anything. Desiree had to come to learn that even though she was at a very low point in her life at various times, someone was standing behind her holding her up and had her back the entire time, when thought there was no one there.

About the Author

Denee Jacobs-Taylor is a graduate of George Washington High School in New York City. Some years later, she attended seminars at the Women’s Justice Institute at Pace University in Westchester county, NY. Ms. Taylor has graduated with a Paralegal Degree from the National Academy for Paralegal Studies in 1993 and has worked as a counselor and court advocate over the past years in the County of Orange, NY with crime victims, domestic violence victims and their families and sexual assault victims. Ms. Taylor has also been trained by the office of the District Attorney in both Sullivan and Orange counties, NY in the laws of Marital Rape and the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence. She has attended Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY, where she studied for her Bachelors of Arts Degree in Human Services. She has interned and acted as the county liaison in Orange County Department of Social Services child protective/preventive and foster care cases and has also interned with the City of Middletown municipal government in the office of the Mayor. Ms. Taylor is also the founder and owner of Taylor Consultants and Counseling Solutions, which is listed on the NYS Minority and Women -owned Business Enterprises archives. Ms. Taylor has served for three years on the County of Orange Human rights commission and the Town of Wallkill Human Rights Commission and Board of Ethics. In 1990, Ms. Taylor received her Noble Ladies Shrine’s degree as a member of International Masons and the Order of Eastern Stars. She has also received her certification in Human Resources/Personnel Administration, with at least 10 years of experience in this field. She has also earned her certificate in Divinity and Evangelism. Ms. Taylor is currently working on her Bachelors of Science in Psychology and hope to work towards her Masters in Social work and is currently a member of the National Association of Professional Women.