From Shelter to Strength

By Shanika Shirley Samuels

A powerful story of survival, motherhood, and reclaiming identity
by Shanika Samuels
Tanya had no backup plan when she was kicked out of her family home at fourteen. What followed was a life marked by shelters, silence, and survival-until the day she found out she was pregnant. With a child on the way, no support system, and a past full of pain, Tanya decides to fight for more.
More than a roof over her head.
More than people's pity.
More than the cycles that tried to break her.
From Shelter to Strength is a raw and deeply moving urban drama that follows a young woman's journey from abandonment to empowerment. With grit and grace, Tanya navigates motherhood, broken systems, toxic love, and buried family wounds while building a life no one believed she could. Along the way, she discovers something she never expected: her own worth.
This isn't just a story about struggle-it's a story about rising.
For every woman who's had to start over.
For every daughter who became her own mother.
For every soul learning to love themselves out loud.
She didn't wait to be saved. She became the savior she needed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5WKQCRT
• ISBN13: 9798280832015
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 34 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"