In My Mother's Closet

About the Book

IN MY MOTHER'S CLOSET is the story of my life, raised in poverty, a drug dealer's daughter and a possible Charles Manson connection.

My brothers and I were raised by our father after our mother had left to find herself and explore the "Hippie" movement. Meanwhile, our father was exploring his own hippie movement. In the late 60s, he became one of the biggest drug dealers in L.A. county. Then, in the late 70s, we moved to the hills of San Diego county, where we lived in a plywood shack and grew marijuana. He then became a very well known drug dealer again.

At the age of twenty-one, I was told that my mother was Linda Kasabian of the Charles Manson Murders. I had some memories of her, but they were not good ones. I was often told that my mother was dead or in a mental institution. I was also told that she had a criminal history and that she was a bad person. I knew that she had married another man and had other children.

Since her departure, my life has never been what one would expect. Our mother has lived a separate life with her other children having no knowledge of us. This was the biggest secret to us and I am sure the biggest secret to them. Everything has been hushed up and covered up over the years.

All of what I was told and the way I grew up made finding out about my mother more painful than anyone could ever imagine. But it also made me more curious as to what was really hidden. It's time that someone opens that closet and starts to clean it out. There is a lot to know and understand.

In 2007, my long lost sister found me on the internet. Nearly 38 years had gone by and what I was about to find out would surprise me even more.

About the Author

I love to travel in my spare time. I also enjoy cooking and entertaining. I have done a little bit of acting, and now that I have published a book, I look forward to settling down and having a family.

If you wish to contact the author, please send an email to:
littleweenia2000@yahoo.com.
Or you can contact me on Myspace under Gina Brooks at:
myspace.com/akababyspice