Pumkin’s Plan

About the Book

Pumkin, a middle-aged African-American female revisit her traumatic childhood in flashbacks throughout this tale of soul searching. She suffered traumatic family situation as a child that affected her ability to make sound decisions as an adult. Struggling with mental illness and drug dependency, Pumkin devises a plan to change her life, leaving the people behind who caused or allowed her suffering. Her first step is to change her surroundings. She’s soon discovered that new places and faces may help, but they can’t completely cure the devastation that has crippled her mind. To have to continue searching for ways to overcome her demons, for the sake of her children and for any real shot at a normal life.

About the Author

Born and raised in the South, Melanie Colleton resides in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, where she found much of her inspiration for her first book, “Pumkin’s Plan”. And her subsequent books, she plans to continue sharing her challenging life’s a journey with mental illness and family trauma. Despite being labeled as “the most likely to be unsuccessful” by her family, Melanie hope to use her creativity to become an accomplished author.