Jane Doe: The Epitome of Femistry Volume I

Jane Doe is a heart wrenching reflection of life through the eyes of the urban teenager. Set in the in the year 1996 in the "Windy City", Lyric Caldwell, Latrice Anderson, and Victoria Renee Brown allow you into their adolescent world of fitting in, insecurity, boys, heart break, and love. Entering their first year of high school at Kraton High, Lyric, Latrice, and Victoria find themselves battling with common factors of the urban environment; teenage pregnancy, single-parent homes, and peer pressure Victoria was forced to move in with her estranged father after the death of her mother and childhood friend, Charles. Mandated to work and fend for herself, "Vic" has grown a thick skin to her father's verbal and physical abuse and strangers have to climb the wall that she has built around her heart. Lyric has a hard time helping her friend break down this wall as she is forced to handle matters of her own; refereeing a game of tug of war between her older boyfriend, Russell, and her virginity. With substance abusive parents, Lyric often times prefers to lean on the maturity of Latrice for counsel. However Latrice is dealing with problems of her own when she finds out she may possibly be pregnant by the neighborhood high school drop out, Taij. Now she is faced with the unfeasible task of explaining to her stern and judgmental mother that she has not only been sneaking and having sex with the boyfriend she was not allowed to have, but has also possibly become what her mother feared the most; a statistic. Jane Doe reveals the genuine thoughts and motivations of the urban teenager and exemplifies the raw emotions behind their statistical actions in a humorous, bright, and heart felt package.