I wrote my book to find my dad – Yvonne Nelson

Actress and movie producer Yvonne Nelson has clarified that she wrote her autobiography, “I Am Not Yvonne Nelson” above all other reasons, to find and connect with her biological father and also to share the triumphs and trials of life story in a raw and uncensored nature.

The book  is a natural page turner and barely a week after it was launched, has raised eyebrows and gained a global attention, attracting commentary from the world over.

Under one of the subtitles, “A Letter to My Father”, Yvonne wrote:

“The main reason I wrote this book is to find you. I could have gone on social media or mainstream media to announce it, but that would have left out the back-stories. No social media post or mainstream media interview could have captured my journey and struggle from the day the teacher called Eugene and me to his desk to ask if our father was the same man. That innocent instigation has helped me to establish what was not. I now want to know what is, who my father is.

“I I have carried a false identity. I now know I am not Yvonne Nelson. What I don’t know is the surname that I was to supposed to carry. Perhaps, if I had known you, it wouldn’t have been a big deal. I would never have understood anyone who goes through depression in search of her father even at a time she is self-reliant and is able to take care of others. Having endured it for close to four decades, I understand it better. That’s why I’m reaching out to you. It doesn’t matter the circumstances surrounding my birth. If you are out there, reach out to me”,  Yvonne noted.

It tells the true life story how the actress, for almost 4 decades, had literally bent over backwards in search of her biological father; a search that has eluded her and made worse by the refusal of her mother, who is alive, to help Yvonne with an answer to this simple sounding question.

Yvonne goes all out in narrating her life story and presented herself as an ordinary girl gorwing up in Accra. A girl who faced the challenges uncommon to any other Ghanaian child.

It reveals, in a rather shocking style that behind the smiles  and polished face Yvonne Nelson has shown to  Ghanaians for the last two decases, lie a weeping soul and a heartbroken young girl.

It touches on the subject of trust, truth and broken faith.

The book gives an insight into the never-say-die spirit of the popular actress and her tenacity to never give up even when her back is against the rope.

Yvonne also makes some jaw-dropping revelation about a number of celebrities and the privacy of their intimacy.

The writer insists that far from a perception that she is seeking public sympathy, her aim is to simply tell her story: “I am writing because I have a story to tell. I am here to be real. I am here to open up, especially to a generation of young women that needs the truth to make decisions. I am here to find the most important answer to the most nagging question about my life

She also notes: “In telling my story, I have made the hard decision not to sanitise it. I have told it in its raw form. Knowing my society and the high “moral” standard by which its women are measured, it is like taking an uninsurable risk in an already perilous endeavour. However, I want whoever looks up to me to see the whole package. I have had my low and my high moments. I have done things that I’m proud of and things”