{"product_id":"looking-for-love-tracy-m-hayward-9798295801631","title":"Looking for Love: Book One","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLooking for Love\u003c\/em\u003e is the unflinching memoir of a woman's fight for survival, dignity, and genuine connection against the backdrop of poverty, abuse, and institutional failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn to a sixteen-year-old mother in Salem, New Jersey, Tracy M. Hayward's life was shaped by instability from the start. By fifteen, she was pregnant and living in Philadelphia's Richard Allen projects, surrounded by drugs and neglect. What followed was an eleven-year cycle of abuse, infidelity, and financial exploitation at the hands of her children's father, followed by another relationship that escalated from manipulation to a violent assault that nearly took her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet this is not merely a story of victimhood. Between the shelters and the betrayals, Hayward built something: she earned her nursing certification, secured Section 8 housing, and raised children largely on her own. She navigated welfare programs, job training initiatives, and the constant precarity of poverty while refusing to let anyone-abusive partners or a broken system-define her worth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a raw, authentic voice that never seeks pity, \u003cem\u003eLooking for Love\u003c\/em\u003e documents the painful pattern of mistaking control for care and the long, hard-won journey toward real stability. It is a testament to resilience, the fierce love between a mother and her children, and the hope that genuine love might finally be found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tracy M. Hayward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798295801631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tracy M. Hayward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Tracy M. Hayward","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520537637119,"sku":"9798295801631","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_caba5f6e-b843-4b0a-adef-9240ffc817c9.jpg?v=1778742336","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/looking-for-love-tracy-m-hayward-9798295801631","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}