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Before I Turned 20
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Ongoing, First published Mar 13
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BEFORE I TURNED 20

Itunu was still a child when life stopped treating her like one.

At twelve, she was already wandering the streets at night, searching for somewhere safe to sleep.

At sixteen, she was carrying secrets no girl her age should have to bear.

Love came disguised as protection.
Family came with conditions.
And the choices she thought were hers... were often made for her.

Before she turned twenty, Itunu had already faced things many women spend a lifetime trying to survive-
pregnancy, heartbreak, marriage, motherhood, and the quiet loneliness of starting over.

But this is not just a story about pain.

It is the story of a girl who refused to break or disappear.

A girl who kept walking forward, even when the road kept breaking beneath her feet.

This is the story of everything that happened...

Before I Turned 20.
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