Abstract:
Part I starts out with Nell, who experiences abuse from her temperamental stepfather while growing up in a large family in Alabama. After marrying, she becomes trapped in another abusive relationship with a husband who threatens to kill her. She runs away with her young son to start a new life. Meanwhile, one brother gets killed and another brother is sentenced to life in a penitentiary in Alabama after killing a man.

Part II offers some basic legal advice. The real message of the book is to encourage young people to avoid anger, abuse, and violence, which only leads to “deadly consequences.”