Johnnie Sue Bridges incredible life story began with the release of her first book, the highly acclaimed, Shadows And Scars...A beautiful story that captures the essence of living in the Appalachian Mountains of Middlesboro, Kentucky, with vivid imagery, comical moments and raw emotion.

In one cold blue night, she writes of an already painful world turning into nothing short of a nightmare. Bitter coldness and survival starts the reader on a journey that portrays a young mother’s fight against poverty, loneliness, and alcoholism, concluding in the riot-torn and racially divided city of Detroit. Shadows And Scars reveals a birds-eye view of the child that struggled to maintain stability in her hauntingly unstable world. Readers will gain the knowledge of endurance within themselves, despite adversity.