I've been working on a book I'm writing for school. The title is "Freedom". Below is the synopsis for the story.
Sabrina awakes in a Detroit holding facility after committing a murder. She is scared and confused and suffering from partial amnesia. She has a lot of problems with her cellmates and struggles to stay sane. Sabrina’s husband Eric and her father are both looking for her. After a period of waiting, they finally ask the authorities and find out where she is. When Eric and Sabrina are visiting she finds out that she is pregnant and that her mother is dead. Eric cannot afford his house anymore, so he moves to New Zealand to live with Sabrina’s dad and step-mom.
Sabrina has more fights and struggles in prison, her best friend then comes to visit her. Sabrina’s due date draws closer and closer without any prison openings. Sabrina starts meditating how her Indian mentor taught her and is able to regain some lost memories. Right before her baby comes she is expedited to New Zealand because none of the Detroit prisons have any room for a mother and child.
She settles into the new prison with some “friends” and one new enemy. Her daughter April is born. Sabrina faces internal challenges trying to be a good example to her daughter. Sabrina and April also face external challenges against Emma who wishes the harm of both of them. When April is two years old she has to leave the prison by requirement and goes to live with her dad and grandparents.
Unexpectedly, Sabrina’s homicide case is re-examined and she is relieved of her charges and released from prison. She decides not to return to her family because she doesn't want to be a bad influence on April. Sabrina discovers that her mom is, in fact, alive and needs to ask her dad about it. She arrives at his house during April’s fifth birthday party and decides to reunite with her family. Sabrina reaches out to her mother but her mother refuses to contact her back or have anything to do with her.
After Sabrina and Eric move into their own house they have a son. After she has her son, her mom and step-siblings all come to visit her and they are reunited. Her mom has finally undergone an internal change and is willing to accept Sabrina for who she is. Sabrina learns through this and the whole family is strengthened as a whole.
