The subtle text of the feministic agenda and male hegemony the author —unknowingly— keeps denoting in her work is duely noted. I say this, knowing fully well that some may mistake it as me slutshaming but I am not. I am only working with the clues available in this book. Yvonne Nelson is a Ghanaian actress, model, film producer, and entrepreneur. She was born on 12 November 1985 in Accra, Ghana. She is of Fante and Ga descent. She started her education at St. Martin De Porres School in Accra and later went to Aggrey Memorial Senior High School. She had her tertiary education at Zenith University College and Central University, where she did a degree course in human resource management.

At primary six, I was about 12 years old and conscious of a number of things. I was conscious of the fact that my two siblings, Enoch and Sylvia, had a surname that was different from mine. Theirs was Davies. And mine was Nelson. I didn’t take the time to know much about Davies, but in those days, I did not need to be told that he was an important somebody in the country. Lt. Col. Joseph Kabu Davies was not only a senior military officer but also someone who appeared influential. I had seen photographs of him with President Ft. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, and that was enough to tell me his pedigree. I grew up with a void in my life, but it really didn’t mean much to me until that fateful afternoon when my Primary Five class teacher, Mr. B.B. Grant, summoned me to his desk, in front of the classroom. As I approached his desk, another boy in my class also scampered toward us. The teacher had called him too. I did not have the faintest hint about why the two of us were Mr. Grant’s subjects of interest and summons, but it would not take forever to find out.In the book, Yvonne Nelson revealed that Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie impregnated her in 2010 but she refused to take responsibility of the pregnancy. In an eye-opening chapter entitled ‘A Difficult Decision,’ Nelson fearlessly exposes her personal journey through an unexpected pregnancy and the tumultuous path she was forced to tread.

Uncharacteristic of an autobiography, the author comes to her audience stark naked. The book opens the door widely into the life of the author and exposes the good, the bad, and the ugly sides, not only of her life but also of the make-believe world of celebrities. Above all, the main reason I decided to write this book precedes my birth. I have searched in all the possible places for answers but failed. So, I am telling this story with the hope that I will find answers that will stop the tears that only my pillow can adequately bear witness to. It is however, not unnoticed how her Father Issues —the feeling of resentments towards her father 'Mr Nelson' —has kept drawing her to emotionally unavailable men (I wonder what Freud would say about you now). Written in a language that is characteristically provocative, somewhat honest and sharp with an overly redundant description.

So why am I in a hurry to write my memoir before I turn 40? Do I think I have achieved so much that this stage of my life deserves a book? Have I reached the pinnacle of my goals and ambitions? I was barely out of my teen years when fate thrust me in a career that makes the limelight inevitable. Being in that limelight comes with its own etiquettes. You are required to conform to the etiquettes and swim along the tide. You are expected to move with the flow, even if it runs counter to your reality.