How long can you go on without breaking into a million pieces? Sara-Fay Tarlin, in this heartbreaking memoir that she dedicated to her daughter, will show you how. Follow her life's story in Life's Ups and Downs where she unfolds how she adopted her daughter, loved her as if she was her own, and watched her plummet across the many potholes and bumps that life presents along the way. The book retells the young woman's troubled life, where she endured the feelings of being lost and abused - a life that ended unexpectedly because of the cruel clutches of the abuse and the unjust system. This gut-wrenching and brutally honest narrative aims to serve one purpose - to prove that life is highly unpredictable. Elliott's determination to tell her daughter's story resonates with her silenced cries being heard. Brace yourself, it can only become worse...