Breaking the Mold: From Poverty to the American Dream

By Georgia L. Payne

Breaking the Mold: From Poverty to the American Dream is the follow-up story to Georgia Lee Barnes-Payne's first book Caught in a Crossfire . The first book related the horrific experiences of the teenaged Georgia and her family at the hands of the Japanese Army as internees in a Japanese prison camp during World War II in Manila, The Philippines. The current story relates the fifteen years of grinding poverty following the war, her marriage to a farmer, her two sons, her delayed university education to be a librarian, and her family's ultimate emergence from destitution. It details the struggle to break away from an ingrained family tradition of life as a farmer and instead pursue one's own passion. The pursuit required multiple relocations across the country and multiple dead ends before ultimate success was achieved. It is a story filled with grit and determination.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CQLSL2LW
• ISBN13: 9798872241034
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"