An Ordinary Woman from the Heart of the Inner City is an autobiographical book on the Hon. Cynthia ‘Mother’ Pratt. The first Woman Deputy Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the first Woman Acting Prime Minister in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the First Woman National Security Minister in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the first Woman Deputy Leader of a Major Political Party in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the First Woman to present the National Budget in the House of Assembly in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

This book focuses on the chronological history of her life, the fight and survival against poverty she endured as a child, her transition to higher education, her social and community fighting for the poor and disenfranchised, where she resides today in the inner city. It is a book of pain, struggle and triumph of how she became one of the most decorated women in Bahamian History, and one of the most decorated women in world history wearing many professional and dignitary titles. However, above all accomplishments, she sees herself as “an ordinary woman from the heart of the inner city."

*According to WikiLeaks, Cynthia Mother Pratt is listed in the top two of the most powerful and influential women within the history of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas.