The story of Emma Wilson's harrowing early life experiences which were sharply defined by a tragic act of gun violence that changed her - and her entire family's - lives forever. Wilson witnessed her father fatally shoot her mother when she was just a child. Later, she had a baby at 16. Many might assume that, with the odds against her, she gave up or was visited by more misfortune. The traumas can set one up for a string of lifelong failures...