The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 472 pages and is available in paperback format. There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood. Free download or read online a piece of cake pdf epub book. This memoir is the life story of cupcake brown, a woman who has overcome abuse, drug and alcohol addiction, prostitution, domestic violence and gang life to become a successful attorney and thanks to this book, a bestselling author. Best debate ever christian vs atheist christian wins duration. Unlike any memoir you will ever read, a piece of cake is a redemptive, gripping tale of a resilient spirit who took on the worst of contemporary urban life and survived it. New york times bestseller the heartwrenching, uplifting tale about a woman named cupcake cupcake brown s confessional. A piece of cake by cupcake brown overdrive rakuten. Cupcake brown practices law at one of the nations largest law firms and lives in san francisco. I did indeed finish this book and this is my synopsis.
A piece of cake is unlike any memoir youll ever read. Although doubt has been cast as to the veracity of events described in memoir, brown maintains that the events in the book are real. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the a piece of cake cupcake brown pdf, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. A memoir cupcake brown author, bahni turpin narrator, books on tape publisher. Brown is the author of the new york times bestselling a piece of cake. Inner cities, family, african american families, african american women, social. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Discuss the inspirational qualities of a story like cupcake s. Pdf a piece of cake book by cupcake brown free download.
She talked about experiencing the kind of loneliness so immense it could swallow you up. A piece of cake the bestselling memoir of cupcake brown s harrowing and inspiring life from the streets to one of the nations largest law firms rdazzles you. If you are reading anything or have any books youd think would be a good read for me feel free to. Cupcake brown wants a piece of james frey the a piece of cake author lets loose about how the frey scandal could affect her new memoir. Buy a piece of cake 1st paperback edition by cupcake brown isbn. A piece of cake is a prime example of a story that is much better than the writing. It is one of the best drug memoirs ever written, particularly about the struggles faced by substance abusers of colour. New york times bestseller the heartwrenching, uplifting tale about a woman named cupcake cupcake browns confessional. Piece of cake, a 9780553818178 by brown, cupcakem and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. The book describes her descent into teenage prostitution and drug addiction.
A piece of cake cupcake brown catsholiday book blog. Astonishingly, cupcake turned her life around and this is her brutally frank, startlingly funny story. Brown s story begins in january 1976, when, at age 11, she discovered the body of her mother, dead from a seizure, on the bedroom floor of their home in a. Fuck everything and run or face everything and recover. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 2006, and was written by cupcake brown.
The book was in good order,arrived on time,well packed,and as required for local book club. There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gangbanging. This is the heartwrenching true story of a girl named cupcake a. Do you think cupcake could have avoided her addictions and problems if someone had taken the time to ask this and help her through the stages of grief.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read a piece of cake. From this point things spiral out of control for cupcake, which included prostitution, possessing and using illegal drugs, robbing, stealing, dealing, and gang. Original title isbn 9780307345479 published on 200611. Cupcake brown was born in the heart of the san diego ghetto. Quotes by cupcake brown always remember the acronym for fear can mean one of two things.
What makes a piece of cake so momentous and different, however, is that brown s is not a story full of privileged complaints, grandiose generalizations, or race or. Cake by cupcake brown a note on a piece of cake a piece of cake is memoir by an author of colour, a mrs. Did not enjoy reading this however as the author spent a very long time on describing her drink and drugs habits until i had become numb to the awful. Cupcake brown survived all these things before shed even turned twenty.
Of the 541 pages most of the time i was really fighting for cupcake, frustrated on her behalf, at times later i. After graduating from law school in 2001, she went on to practice at bingham mccutchen, one of the nations largest law firms, and became a motivational speaker. A memoir paperback april 10, 2007 by cupcake brown author. Brown was forced into foster care after the death of. Cupcake brown s memoir a piece of cake traces a difficult life through foster care, addiction and rehab, to a successful legal career. The book is about thirty years of cupcake s life and what she went through as a child right through the battles of teens and into adulthood so its quite a long book. Abuse, adult, african american, autobiography, biography, biography memoir, book club, cultural, memoir, nonfiction. It took me a while to get into this book because of the terrible things that cupcake experienced and the choices she made but it is a very inspiring book that no matter what you have been through, how little you have, you can turn it around if you are determined and put the hard work in. Former prostitute tells her story on the tyra banks show. Praise for a piece of cake brown reflects now with insight and honesty on her experiences. The main characters of this autobiography, memoir story are fly, cupcake brown. Cup was able to accomplish so much near the end i kind of wish more emphasis was put onto the amazing. Brown ultimately goes on to run her own law practice specializing in estate planning and business law.
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