
A Piece of Cake
A Memoir
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Cupcake Brown
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New York Times best seller
The heart-wrenching, uplifting tale about a woman named Cupcake
“[Cupcake] Brown’s confessional...memoir is one you can’t easily put down. Her life is nothing short of a miracle.” (Chicago Sun-Times)
There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gangbanging, near-death injuries, drug dealing, prostitution, and homelessness.
Cupcake Brown survived all these things before she’d even turned 20. And that’s when things got interesting....Orphaned by the death of her mother and left in the hands of a sadistic foster parent, young Cupcake Brown learned to survive by turning tricks, downing hard liquor, and ingesting every drug she could find while hitchhiking up and down the California coast. She stumbled into gangbanging, drug dealing, hustling, prostitution, theft, and, eventually, the best scam of all: a series of 9-to-5 jobs.
A Piece of Cake is unlike any memoir you’ll ever read. Moving in its frankness, this is the most satisfying, startlingly funny, and genuinely affecting tour through hell you’ll ever take.
Praise for A Piece of Cake
“[Brown] reflects now with insight and honesty on her experiences....An engaging account...of a remarkable life filled with pain and wisdom, hope and redemption.” (San Francisco Chronicle)
“Dazzles you with the amazing change that is possible in one lifetime.” (Washington Post)
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Born to mentally unstable parents, Rachel Moran left home at the age of 14. Being homeless, she became a prostitute to survive. In Paid For, she describes, with intelligence and empathy, the fears that she and others had working on the streets and in brothels. She also speaks to the psychological damage that accompanies prostitution and the estrangement from one's body. At the age of 22, Moran escaped prostitution. She has since become a writer and an activist.
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Genious Perception of Human Conditions
- De A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. en 03-01-19
De: Rachel Moran
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The Darkest Child
- De: Delores Phillips
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 15 h y 23 m
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In 1958 Georgia, the shade of a 13-year-old black girl's skin can make the difference in her fate. Tangy Mae is the smartest of her mother's 10 children, but she is also the darkest complected. The Quinns - all different skin shades, all with unknown fathers - live with their charismatic, beautiful, and tyrannical mother, Rozelle, in poverty on the fringes of a Georgia town where Jim Crow rules. Rozelle's children live in fear of her mood swings and her violence, but they are devoted to her. Rozelle pulls her children out of school when they are 12 years old so that they can help support her by going to work.
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The Darkest Child
- De Beguiling en 04-02-18
De: Delores Phillips
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High Achiever
- The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life
- De: Tiffany Jenkins
- Narrado por: Tiffany Jenkins
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
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With heart-racing urgency and unflinching honesty, Jenkins takes you inside the grips of addiction and the desperate decisions it breeds. She is a born storyteller who lived an incredible story, from blackmail by an ex-boyfriend to a soul-shattering deal with a drug dealer, and her telling brims with suspense and unexpected wit. But the true surprise is her path to recovery. Tiffany breaks through the stigma and silence to offer hope and inspiration to anyone battling the disease - whether it’s a loved one or themselves.
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I Get it, You Were an Addict
- De Jim Thompson en 10-16-19
De: Tiffany Jenkins
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How to Murder Your Life
- A Memoir
- De: Cat Marnell
- Narrado por: Cat Marnell
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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From Cat Marnell, "New York's enfant terrible" ( The Telegraph), a candid and darkly humorous memoir of prescription drug addiction and self-sabotage, set in the glamorous world of fashion magazines and downtown nightclubs.
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nice book
- De Taylor en 03-14-17
De: Cat Marnell
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In My Skin
- A Memoir of Addiction
- De: Kate Holden
- Narrado por: Christy Lynn
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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A shy, bookish college graduate from a solid middle-class home, Kate Holden was uncertain of her way in life. When she decided to try her first hit of heroin, she did not anticipate that the drug would take over. Desperation drove her first to offer her body on the streets and then in high-class brothels, where she discovered hidden strengths as well as parts of herself that frightened her. With the acceptance and unyielding love of a family that never abandoned her, Kate Holden ultimately defeated the drug and left her netherworld behind.
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NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING...
- De Margaret en 10-02-13
De: Kate Holden
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The Weight of Air
- A Story of the Lies About Addiction and the Truth About Recovery
- De: David Poses
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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While his wife and two-year-old daughter watched TV in the living room, David Poses was in the kitchen, measuring the distance from his index finger to his armpit. He needed to be sure he could pull the trigger with a shotgun barrel in his mouth. Twenty-six inches. Thirty-two years old. More than a decade in a double life fueled by depression and heroin.
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David’s story is invaluable
- De Kristy Aiken-Smith en 03-13-22
De: David Poses
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The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
- Mara Dyer, Book 1
- De: Michelle Hodkin
- Narrado por: Christy Romano
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
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Mara Dyer believes life can't get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. It can. She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. There is. She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. She's wrong.
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Not Sure About Mara Dyer
- De C. Betts en 07-30-14
De: Michelle Hodkin
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The Attic Child
- A Novel
- De: Lola Jaye
- Narrado por: Lola Jaye, Lucian Msamati, Nneka Okoye
- Duración: 14 h y 46 m
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Early 1900s London: Taken from his homeland, twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn’t bound by confines of the small space is when he is acting as an unpaid servant to English explorer Sir Richard Babbington, As the years pass, he desperately clings on to memories of his family in Africa, even as he struggles to remember his mother’s face, and sometimes his real name . . .
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Read/ listen to this book!
- De KH en 10-01-22
De: Lola Jaye
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Tweak
- Growing Up on Methamphetamines
- De: Nic Sheff
- Narrado por: Paul Michael Garcia
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age 11. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his life together whenever he needed to. It took a violent relapse one summer in California to convince him otherwise.
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Painful Journey
- De David en 11-15-10
De: Nic Sheff
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Glory Daze
- A Glory Broussard Mystery, Book 2
- De: Danielle Arceneaux
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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After her life was turned upside down by solving the murder of her best friend, Sister Amity Gay, all Glory Brousard wanted was a little peace and quiet. That included getting back to her Sunday morning routine as a bookie in a coffee shop, and planning the annual Mardi Gras gala for her church. But there’s no rest for Glory once the woman who broke up her marriage walks in to CC's Coffee House and asks for help finding her missing husband. It doesn’t take long before Glory finds him . . . with a knife impaled in his chest.
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I Love Glory!
- De Kimberly Simpson en 06-06-25
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The Sound of Gravel
- A Memoir
- De: Ruth Wariner
- Narrado por: Ruth Wariner
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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Ruth Wariner was the 39th of her father's 42 children. Growing up on a farm in rural Mexico, where authorities turned a blind eye to the practices of her community, Ruth lives in a ramshackle house without indoor plumbing or electricity. At church, preachers teach that God will punish the wicked by destroying the world and that women can ascend to heaven only by entering into polygamous marriages and giving birth to as many children as possible.
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Unputdownable
- De Lesley A. en 01-16-16
De: Ruth Wariner
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Glory Be
- A Glory Broussard Mystery, Book 1
- De: Danielle Arceneaux
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 8 h y 47 m
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It’s a hot and sticky Sunday in Lafayette, Louisiana, and Glory has settled into her usual after-church routine, meeting gamblers at the local coffee shop, where she works as a small-time bookie. Sitting at her corner table, Glory hears that her best friend—a nun beloved by the community—has been found dead in her apartment. When the police declare the mysterious death a suicide, Glory is convinced that there must be more to the story and, with her reluctant daughter in tow, launches a shadow investigation in a town of oil tycoons, church gossips, and a rumored voodoo priestess.
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loved it
- De Jasmin Harris en 12-26-23
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Grown
- De: Tiffany D. Jackson
- Narrado por: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
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When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted’s dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey’s charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he’s dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point to Enchanted.
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- De LATOYA LEWIS en 10-16-20
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Perfect Peace
- A Novel
- De: Daniel Black
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
- Duración: 14 h y 30 m
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When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother, Emma Jean, tells her bewildered daughter, "You was born a boy. I made you a girl. But that ain't what you was supposed to be. So from now on, you gon' be a boy. It'll be a little strange at first, but you'll get used to it, and this'll be over after while." From this point forward, his life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events. Meanwhile, the Peace family is forced to question everything they thought they knew about gender, sexuality, unconditional love, and fulfillment.
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What a great book!
- De JoJo en 09-03-16
De: Daniel Black
Still Listening !!!!!!!!
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Absolutely would recommend this book to anyone. It speaks to the real human side of life. It gives you a peek into another's life that might be completely different than yours - BUT Cupcake is just like you. Everyone wants to be loved, supported & feel good about themselves.What did you like best about this story?
The honesty.Have you listened to any of Bahni Turpin???s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes - I try to find anything she has narrated & listen to it. I love her voice!If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
"Sometimes you CAN have your cake & eat it too"engaging, amazing, turn your life around inspiring
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Life Changing Story!!
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raw, real & fasciating
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Heartbreaker shocking yet also Good!
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Amazing story of resilience!
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Raw and Worth the read
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What a story!!!!!
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Amazing!!!!
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Great Great Great Story!
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