Becoming: Family Ties

By Dejur Joel Mcdaughtery

Family Ties is a raw and deeply personal story of loss, betrayal, and survival.
Back in California closer to his mother, the Dom felt a haunting premonition

of her passing-an ordinary moment that became the turning point of his life
In that same moment of grief, he lost more than a mother:

he was attacked by
his own siblings, thrust into homelessness, and forced to confront not just broken
family bonds but the weight of his own thoughts. This memoir traces the struggle
to rise from pain, navigate betrayal,

and find the strength to keep moving forward
when everything familiar has been stripped away.

Through heartbreak and struggle, he learns what it means to rise when family and stability are no longer there.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FQ371JZ7
• ISBN13: 9798263122195
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.2" x 8.5"