About The Author
Franklina Ankomah Appiah
Franklina Ankomah Appiah’s life has crossed countries, cultures, and countless turning points, shaping the voice she writes with today. Born in Tema, Ghana, she grew up surrounded by strong women who carried families on their shoulders. Those early experiences became the backbone of her storytelling. Her childhood unfolded across Ghana, the United Kingdom, Austria, and the United States, giving her a perspective shaped by movement and the search for a sense of belonging.
Franklina didn’t initially set out to become a writer. She began by jotting down small stories, private thoughts, and emotional pieces. Over time, those quiet pages reflected her life, leading her to memoir writing, where honesty and courage guide every chapter.
She is a devoted mother to her daughter, Linace, a role that reminds her of second chances and the healing of generational trauma. In honor of her grandmother and aunt, she founded the Aruba Foundation, Näschtenliebe, in 2023, dedicated to supporting children without family care. Her work reflects her belief that no child should feel abandoned or unseen.
When she isn’t writing, Franklina enjoys sketching, dancing, or singing during quiet moments. “Rejected at Birth” is her debut memoir and the beginning of a larger journey that will continue to explore resilience, identity, and the threads that hold families together.
Above all, Franklina writes to remind people that even stories born in pain can grow into something powerful and worth sharing.
About The Book
Rejected At Birth A Child Births A Child
“Rejected at Birth: A Child Births a Child” is an intimate, emotionally honest journey into what it means to be born into hardship and still choose to hold onto hope. It follows the author from her very first moment, a moment nearly taken from her, to the years she spends learning about love, identity, and survival in her grandmother’s bustling home. Each scene feels alive, painted with the sounds, smells, and rhythms of Ghana in the 1990s, where family ties hold both comfort and conflict.
The book captures the painful truths of being the child of a teenage mother who is still trying to understand her own place in the world. It uncovers how community judgment can break a spirit or harden it, and how one strong woman, her grandmother, builds a shield around her through faith, routine, and unwavering presence. With honesty and tenderness, the memoir reveals the quiet burdens a child carries when born into complicated circumstances. Yet, it also celebrates the unexpected beauty that grows in those same places.
Through storytelling that feels lived rather than told, the author invites readers to witness her earliest battles with belonging, the tenderness hidden behind her grandmother’s strictness, and the bittersweet bond between her and her mother. It is a story of survival, but even more importantly, it is a story of transformation, how a girl born into rejection discovers she can rise above the past, redefine her worth, and create her own identity.
Rejected At Birth A Child Births A Child
Step into the “Rejected at Birth: A Child Births a Child” that began in silence, survived through whispers, and rose in defiance. This trailer reveals the moments no child should face, yet she did. Watch the journey unfold, feel the weight of every choice, and discover why her survival changes everything. Watch the video trailer now!
What Our Clients Say
I didn’t expect a story to pull me this deeply, but something in these pages grabbed my chest and wouldn’t let go. It made me angry, made me grateful, made me stare at my own childhood differently. I kept thinking, how does someone survive this and still speak with so much softness?
Reading this felt like someone quietly placing their truth in my hands and trusting me not to drop it!! I cried without warning, not from sadness alone but from recognizing pieces of myself I’d forgotten. It’s rare to meet a book that listens to you while you read it, but this one did!
I finished the last page and just sat there, not moving, because my mind was racing in a hundred directions. The courage, the honesty, the way every scene feels lived instead of written…..it left me stunned. I’ve read many memoirs, but this is the first that made me reevaluate my own strength.