Melanie Colleton

Pumkin's Plan Melanie Colleton

Pumkin, a middle-aged African-American female revisit her traumatic childhood in flashbacks throughout this tale of soul searching. She suffered traumatic family situation as a child that affected her ability to make sound decisions as an adult. Struggling with mental illness and drug dependency, Pumkin devises a plan to change her life, leaving the people behind who caused or allowed her suffering. Her first step is to change her surroundings. She's soon discovered that new places and faces may help, but they can't completely cure the devastation that has crippled her mind. To have to continue searching for ways to overcome her demons, for the sake of her children and for any real shot at a normal life.