A piece of cake cupcake brown book club

The book you book club manchester, united kingdom meetup. Logo for, the african american literature book club. This incredible tale begins in january 1976, in san diego where a young cupcake brown tragically discovers her mothers dead body. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Discuss the inspirational qualities of a story like cupcakes. Her life started out as a tragic tale, but led to be a beautiful outcome. On page 411, venita asks cupcake if she ever grieved for her mother. Original title isbn 9780307345479 published on 200611. In her new memoir, a piece of cake, brown writes that she hitchhiked up and down the coast of california, joined a gang at 14, and was shot at 15. The book describes her descent into teenage prostitution and drug addiction. Here are some discussion questions to get you started. Cupcakes life as we are told, begins at twelve years old when she finds her mom has died over night due to a seizure. She now practices law at one of americas largest law firms and is a motivational speaker. It is one of the best drug memoirs ever written, particularly about the struggles faced by substance abusers of colour.

Cupcake brown books list of books by author cupcake brown. I was hesitant to read this book but had seen so many women rave about it in a facebook group im in so i decided to give it a shot. By age, she had graduated to gang activities and street crime. A piece of cake cupcake brown catsholiday book blog. Ive read the book twice, and in all honesty it was very graphic and brutal the first time reading.

Discussion questions for a piece of cake by jenny baum, jefferson market library february 9, 2009 i hope you have been enjoying the memoir a piece of cake by cupcake brown. When i began reading this book i was living in my parents home on long island, new york. I did indeed finish this book and this is my synopsis. For cupcake brown, it was when she found her mother, lying dead on her bed. A piece of cake is a prime example of a story that is much better than the writing. Cupcake browns memoir a piece of cake traces a difficult life through foster care, addiction and rehab, to a successful legal career.

I cried as i reflected back on mommas body sprawled across the bed. Although doubt has been cast as to the veracity of events described in memoir, brown maintains that the events in the book are real. 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. Cake by cupcake brown a note on a piece of cake a piece of cake is memoir by an author of colour, a mrs. The story begins in january 1975 when the female protagonist gives a. What makes a piece of cake so momentous and different, however, is that browns is not a story full of privileged complaints, grandiose generalizations, or race or. 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. Praise for a piece of cake brown reflects now with insight and honesty on her experiences. Harrowing, earnest autobiography takes readers on a tour from incomprehensible evil through unexpected kindness to eventual triumph. A piece of cake was my book club book for this month.

Browns 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. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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. At 11, she regularly engaged in prostitution, drugs, and alcohol. There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gangbanging. It took me over six months to read cupcake browns memoir a piece of cake, during which my life changed. Cupcake brown audio books, best sellers, author bio. A memoir nonfiction, paperback, by cupcake brown broadway books, apr 10, 2007 african american literature book club celebrating our literary legacy since 1997 black literature is for everyone african american literature book club. For more information, all resources are linked below. After years of hard work and dedicated study, she achieved her ambition, graduating from law school in the spring of 2001. I have listened to this book 4 times, and i still find myself laughing and crying just like i have never heard the book in. A memoir, which can be purchased at a lower price at. Moving in its frankness, this is the most satisfying, startlingly funny, and genuinely affecting tour through hell youll ever take.

After her mother died, her world got turned upside down. The book was in good order,arrived on time,well packed,and as required for local book club. Readers who like gritty, urban nonfiction will enjoy this booklist. The mood is bittersweet, at times it is funny but however it can be serious. How do you think cupcake and larrys trail through the foster care system would have been different if theyd been close. A piece of cake the bestselling memoir of cupcake browns harrowing and inspiring life from the streets to one of the nations largest law firms rdazzles you. Brown was forced into foster care after the death of. Cupcake brown survived all these things before shed even turned twenty. A piece of cake by cupcake brown annotated bibliography. A piece of cake cupcake brown the book you book club feb 4th 2020.

A piece of cake bookclub discussion black hair media forum. A piece of cake by cupcake brown penguin random house audio. A few months before diving into this book at friends recommendation, i was very lonely, disheartened, broke, and waiting for my life to begin. This book will really make you think about what young girls go through on a daily bases. A piece of cake is an emotional and gritty true story of how a series of unfortunate events throws an innocent 11 year old head first into adulthood. Character profile the point view is first person, because cupcake is telling her story of her life. Cupcake brown was not born into a life of privilege, intellectual stimulation, or professional dynamics. Book girl magic is a book club and space for women to be able to read, discuss and share ideas about the books we enjoy on the daily. Cupcake brown, born march 5, 1964, in san diego, california, her youth interrupted by violence and emotional turbulence. Moving and almost transgressive in its frankness, it is a relentlessly gripping tale of a resilient spirit who took on the worst of contemporary urban life and survived it with a furious wit and unyielding determination. Abuse, adult, african american, autobiography, biography, biography memoir, book club, cultural, memoir, nonfiction. Buy a piece of cake 1st paperback edition by brown, cupcake isbn. A piece of cake by cupcake brown free downloads and. A piece of cake is one of those books that wont fade into the background long after its been shelved.

A challenging life retold in piece of cake march 23, 2006 cupcake browns memoir a piece of cake traces a difficult life through foster care, addiction and rehab, to a successful legal career. A piece of cake a piece of cake audiobook, by cupcake brown. If you are reading anything or have any books youd think would be a good read for me feel free to. Her younger years were not a model for achieving success. Discussion questions please add more if you have any. The book is about thirty years of cupcakes life and what she went through as a child right through the battles of teens and into adulthood so its quite a long book. She starts the book at age 11, when she was living a normal and pleasant life with her mother in san diego. Review article a piece of cake by cupcake brown is a very interesting and intense book. There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gangbanging, neardeath injuries, drug dealing, prostitution, or homelessness. 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 effects. There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug. A piece of cake is unlike any memoir youll ever read. I hope you have been enjoying the memoir a piece of cake by cupcake brown. In this book i met a woman who endured every conceivable horror but determinedly struggled her way to.