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Leaving Breezy Street

A Memoir

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Leaving Breezy Street

De: Brenda Myers-Powell, April Reynolds - contributor
Narrado por: Karen Chilton
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"This is a full-bodied performance, complete with salty language and harrowing situations, but listeners will love Chilton's portrayal of Breezy's determination to find her place in the world." (Audiofile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner)

Belonging on the shelf with Jeannette Walls’s The Glass Castle and Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone, Leaving Breezy Street — the stunning account of Brenda Myers-Powell’s brutal and beautiful life — is a critical addition to the American canon.

Fourteen years old, poor, Black, mother dead, two babies to feed and clothe, and a grandmother who is not full of motherly kindness, to put it mildly. What money-making options are open to a girl like Brenda Myers?

When Breezy, as she came to call herself, hit the streets of Chicago as a prostitute in 1973 she was barely a teenager. But she was pretty and funny as hell, and determined to support her daughters and make a living. For the next 25 years, she moved across the country, finding new pimps, parties, drugs, and endless, profound heartache. And she also — astonishingly — managed to find the strength to break from a brutal world and not only save herself but save future Breezys.

Great, compelling memoirs can bring us into worlds that have been beyond our comprehension and make us “get it”. What these books tell us is not that we can all move beyond the lives into which we were born. The lesson is that everyone deserves to be truly seen by others and offered a path forward.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

©2021 Brenda Myers-Powell (P)2021 Macmillan Audio
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I'm in awe

This book was amazing. I am in awe and I have not stopped talking about this book!

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Powerful and beautiful story

So inspirational, it’s an authentic, raw telling of a former prostitute-Brenda Jean Myers story. It’s painful, powerful, full of hope. A must read.

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Great hidden Gem

Great read, I enjoy every single word. I was able to get the entire book completed in 3 days.

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A Detailed account about life in the streets & in prostitution…& much more

Leaving Breezy Street is definitely a page turner. Mrs. Brenda Myers-Powell is a priceless gem. She has a heart of gold with the knowledge of streets, with enough experience to last her 2 lifetimes. I thought this book was very insightful & the narrator speaks much like Brenda herself. When I was reading/listening I felt like I was talking to an old dear childhood friend, catching me up on her life adventures. Ms. Brenda is a powerful woman & she genuinely has a love for people. She is the co-founder of The Dreamcatcher Foundation in Chicago, that helps young women get out the life of prostitution. Along with Stephanie Daniels, they both have documentaries on YouTube titled “Dreamcatcher” that shows her & Stephanie’s work & involvement with their Dreamcatcher Foundation. Ms. Stephanie Daniels has a documentary on YouTube as well titled “Crack House USA” they both are compelling documentaries & must watches. Please support the Dreamcatcher Foundation in any way you can…. Bc these two women are on a mission that’s saving lives… they are both modern day superheroes in my book. They have survived the unsurvivable & are here to share their stories & have found a way to genuinely give back.

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Touching

Loved every part of this because it was to real. The narrator was perfect! So proud of Brenda!

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wonderful

My wife abdI were able 2 listen to this while we worked. Absolutely lived it

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absolutely must listen!

i’ve been an audible member for almost 20yrs so believe me when i tell u this was one of my top 5 listens of all time

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Great Story

I loved this story! It had a very happy ending! Thank you Brenda Jean for telling your story.

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Love Brenda and Breezy

This was such a great story. Every time I thought her life couldn’t get worse, it did. She is a wonderful testimony. The narration was vivid and entertaining. Excellent book.

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Unbelievable life

Wow, the narrator had an EXCELLENT voice, I kept thinking she was the real person.

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