A Hood Chick's Story
A Hood Chick's Story

Author: Lashonda Devaughn

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-02-13

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781796671841

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Drama is no stranger to Tiara James. When it felt like the world had finally changed the hand that she'd been dealt, reality continued to creep up on her. With a mom on the verge of becoming an alcoholic and an alcoholic crack-addicted father who use to beat her mom in front of her, who could blame Tiara for finding a family on the streets. Tiara's loyalty to her friends was undeniable. The crew consisted of, Tiara, Tamika, Shavon, Renee, Ke Ke and Karen. They jumped, robbed and fought other girls who stood in their way. When trouble surfaced, the crew had no problems with getting their hands dirty. Tiara was faithful to her crew handling any drama that presented itself. But when jealousy get's the best of friends, things continued to get ugly. With an older brother Tre James wrapped deeply into the streets becoming a drug dealer at 13, their younger brother Sharod had no choice but to admire both Tre and Tiara's lifestyle. Tragedy continued to hit home and Tiara's life continued to go down hill. She lost people who she loved and trusted the most to death, jail or betrayal. From welfare, section 8, jail, drugs, abusive relationships and lies, Tiara's future seems uncertain. Will she finally rise above the drama that meets her at every corner, or remain trapped in the jaws of the hood? Brace yourself as Tiara James takes you on a rollercoaster ride in her footsteps, in her hood, telling her story.

Girls from Da Hood 3
Girls from Da Hood 3

Author: KaShamba Williams

Publisher: Kensington Books

Published: 2009-03-31

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781601621481

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In the third installment of the runaway hit series Girls from Da Hood, street fiction veterans KaShamba Williams and Mark Anthony are joined by newcomer MadameK, as they turn up the heat with fiery stories that will leave readers breathless.

Bad Girl Blvd - Part 3
Bad Girl Blvd - Part 3

Author: Erica Hilton

Publisher: Melodrama Publishing

Published: 2015-03-09

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1620780518

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Deadly By Design An attempt on Luca’s life has left her shaken up and her new man, Clyde, left for dead. With no time to pick up the pieces, she has to act strategically and think quickly in order to outsmart her enemies. Phaedra is no longer a ride-or-die bitch for her mentor, Luca. With Kool-Aid murdered, Phaedra feels alienated from her former crew and makes decisions she'll soon regret. She's in love with Clyde and wants to see Luca six feet deep. With growing numbers of enemies and friends in short supply, Luca formulates and flawlessly executes a plan to permanently destroy those who are gunning for her.

Gay Girl, Good God
Gay Girl, Good God

Author: Jackie Hill Perry

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1462751237

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“I used to be a lesbian.” In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless and experienced gender confusion. She embraced masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. But was she supposed to change herself? How was she supposed to stop loving women, when homosexuality felt more natural to her than heterosexuality ever could? At age nineteen, Jackie came face-to-face with what it meant to be made new. And not in a church, or through contact with Christians. God broke in and turned her heart toward Him right in her own bedroom in light of His gospel. Read in order to understand. Read in order to hope. Or read in order, like Jackie, to be made new.

A Little Life
A Little Life

Author: Hanya Yanagihara

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2016-01-26

Total Pages: 833

ISBN-13: 0804172706

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.

A Boss And A Hood Chick
A Boss And A Hood Chick

Author: Mz Biggs

Publisher:

Published: 2021-02-12

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13:

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From Mz. Biggs comes a beautifully crafted urban romance, A Boss And A Hood Chick, full of heartbreak, betrayal, and unexpected love. Living in the hood comes without faults and Nakosha "KoKo" Banks learns this firsthand. Getting pregnant at a young age causes her to lose the sheltered life she had growing up. With a gorgeous face and body sculpted like a goddess, she uses what she has to get what she wants. While dealing with her own mental pain, she still has strong goals and ambitions and is determined to do whatever she has to do to reach them. The only obstacle standing before her is the dead-end relationship she has been in with her baby daddy. His last attempt to cheat is more than she can handle. When she finally has enough and is ready to walk away, the question is, will he make it easy for her?Being the man in the streets was not something Hassan takes lightly. He is the true definition of a Boss, and with that always comes with someone gunning for your spot. Always focusing on the streets, he never understood the meaning of love. That is until he lays eyes on KoKo. Will she be the one to show him that love does exist?Follow the crew through the ups and downs of this Five-Star read, "A Boss and A Hood Chick."

Sometimes I Lie
Sometimes I Lie

Author: Alice Feeney

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Published: 2018-03-13

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1250144833

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ALICE FEENEYS NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Boldly plotted, tightly knotted—a provocative true-or-false thriller that deepens and darkens to its ink-black finale. Marvelous.” —AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

Side Chic 2
Side Chic 2

Author: La'Tonya West

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2013-02-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781482602579

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Now that Lala has given birth to the twins she's started to see life differently. Things aren't just about her or her feelings for Tre anymore. She has agreed to stay in her lane and not bring any drama Tre's way as long as he agrees to handle his business when it comes to her children but will she be able to keep her word once she sees how attentive Tre is to his other kids and how unattention he is to hers? Lala isn't the only problem that Tre has, now that Tamika knows his secret she is using it to her advantage and she doesn't care about Kisha or Lala! She has her mind set on one thing and one thing only...making Tre hers but will she push things too far and end up getting more than what she bargained for?And last but not least, there's wifey, Tre's main chic Kisha. Kisha has stuck with him through thick and thin. She has taken him back time and time again and forgiven him more times than she can even count but has she stuck around strictly because of her love for him or could it be that she isn't as innocent as everyone thinks...

Ordinary Girls
Ordinary Girls

Author: Jaquira Díaz

Publisher: Algonquin Books

Published: 2020-06-16

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1643750828

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One of the Must-Read Books of 2019 According to O: The Oprah Magazine * Time * Bustle * Electric Literature * Publishers Weekly * The Millions * The Week * Good Housekeeping “There is more life packed on each page of Ordinary Girls than some lives hold in a lifetime.” —Julia Alvarez In this searing memoir, Jaquira Díaz writes fiercely and eloquently of her challenging girlhood and triumphant coming of age. While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach, Díaz found herself caught between extremes. As her family split apart and her mother battled schizophrenia, she was supported by the love of her friends. As she longed for a family and home, her life was upended by violence. As she celebrated her Puerto Rican culture, she couldn’t find support for her burgeoning sexual identity. From her own struggles with depression and sexual assault to Puerto Rico’s history of colonialism, every page of Ordinary Girls vibrates with music and lyricism. Díaz writes with raw and refreshing honesty, triumphantly mapping a way out of despair toward love and hope to become her version of the girl she always wanted to be. Reminiscent of Tara Westover’s Educated, Kiese Laymon’s Heavy, Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club, and Terese Marie Mailhot’s Heart Berries, Jaquira Díaz’s memoir provides a vivid portrait of a life lived in (and beyond) the borders of Puerto Rico and its complicated history—and reads as electrically as a novel.