![]() Today, women account for one in four new cases of HIV/AIDS and, of those new cases, two out of three, are among African-American women, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services. “It’s a gritty book set during the end of the Reagan years when there was a lot of fear about HIV/AIDS and a lot of hate.” In 1988, when the story begins, HIV/AIDS was the eight leading cause of death among women 25 to 44 years old in the United States. ![]() “It’s a very different book from any I’ve written before and anybody who doesn’t like strong language shouldn’t read it, but I wanted to explore the issues raised in the book such as HIV/AIDS, drug addiction, women in prison, and so on,” says Ms. People have been taking things from Onita all her life but now, Onita fights back, and changes her life forever.” Her dealer, Moon Dog, abducts Hani and, by the time Onita finds out, her baby is dead. ![]() But Onita is an addict who doesn't always pay her bills. ![]() “She gets a second chance at ‘normal.’”Īccording to the Amazon blurb, “Onita Saunders is a streetwalker in the South Bronx who lives only for her baby son, Hani, and for her next hit. “ The Water of Sunlight is about a young woman who endures a hard life and becomes a drug addict but, when she goes to prison, she turns her life around,” says Ms. ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - VI author, Eugenia O’Neal’s second book, The Water of Sunlight was published earlier this week and is now available on Amazon and Smashwords, two leading online booksellers. ![]()
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