NEW YORK - s4story -- Born a ward of the state of Maine, the child of a Yankee blueblood mother, Dorothy (Collins) Rowell, and a Black Marine, Levi (Cowan) Wilson from South Carolina, Victoria Rowell beat the odds that befall many foster children. The Women Who Raised Me: Legacy Edition is the remarkable story of her rise out of the foster care system to attain the American Dream and the myriad women who lifted her up, inspired her, and seeded her with the drive and commitment it took to claim her place in the world.

This is a loving tribute to the stalwart, honorable women…from pianist and horticulturist, Agatha Armstead, a Black Bostonian, and Victoria's primary foster mother who noticed her spark for creativity and innate passion for ballet to Esther Brooks, her first official ballet teacher and benefactress at the prestigious, Cambridge School of Ballet in Massachusetts. As pivotal was Victoria's no-nonsense social worker, Linda Webb. The sheer determination of these diverse women fortified her during her unlikely arrival in NYC at age seventeen with a full scholarship to study at the American Ballet Theater School. Transfixing and redemptive, the book is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, ultimately, inspiring. The Legacy Edition of her NY Times bestseller is a tribute to all the children who deserve to have someone to hold their hand, and their space, and to remind them everyone deserves love, and beauty and everything is possible.

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Marva Allen, Wordeee CEO, stated, "Wordeee is honored to have published The Women Who Raised Me: Legacy Edition. This timelessness, seminal work is a keepsake limited edition that continues to be a tribute to not only the women who raised Victoria, but to people everywhere who embrace, educate, and empower children to succeed beyond their imagination and achieve autonomy.

An accomplished lecturer, writer, director, producer, television and film star, the indefatigable Victoria Rowell has never forgotten her roots and remains a global advocate for women and children."

Praise for Women Who Raised Me: Legacy Edition:

"To know Victoria personally or through this tome is to be enriched beyond belief. I hope all who read this come away as I have with a renewed commitment to life and others."          —Samuel L. Jackson

"Victoria writes with clarity, truthfulness, and the lyricism of a natural poet. She writes with such candor, tenderness, and insight that her words just get all up inside you." —Wynton Marsalis

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"The Women Who Raised Me speaks to motherhood everywhere—abundance, balance, strength, endurance, resilience, faith and love...all that is required to raise the vibrations of humanity." —Sheryl Lee Ralph

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Victoria Rowell is a 3x Emmy-nominated, 12x NAACP Image Award-winning actress. She has received dozens of Civic Awards for community service. She is a veteran of the big and small screen, best known for her work with Samuel L. Jackson, Eddie Murphy, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jim Carey, and Dick Van Dyke on Diagnosis Murder as well as her iconic role as Drucilla Winters on CBS's number one daytime drama, The Young and the Restless. Ms. Rowell is currently appearing in the play, Jason's Lyric LIVE!, and is on a twenty-four city United States tour.

The Women Who Raised Me is available on Wordeee.com and wherever books are sold
ISBN: 978-1-959811-77-0 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 978-1-959811-78-7 (eBook)