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A Piece of Cake : A Memoir
A Piece of Cake A Memoir
Author: Cupcake Brown
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, or homelessness. — Cupcake Brown survived all these things before she’d even turned twenty. — And that’s when things got interesting...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781400052295
ISBN-10: 1400052297
Publication Date: 4/10/2007
Pages: 480
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 112 ratings
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 2
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reviewed A Piece of Cake : A Memoir on + 296 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
An amazing story told by a woman who has gone through the wringer and then come back to tell the tale. She describes living through every hideously bad experience I can imagine, and then (along with the grace of God and some amazing friends that see something in her worth saving) she works her butt off and she makes her long-forgotten childhood dreams come true.
amichai avatar reviewed A Piece of Cake : A Memoir on + 368 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This is an amazing story of a woman who became a respected attorney after life in foster care, gangs and as a multi-drug addict. Inspiring and fascinating. Recommended!
marcym avatar reviewed A Piece of Cake : A Memoir on + 159 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I thought this book had a lot to offer, but would be more easily understood if a person has struggled with addictions themselves. I found myself saying "Just say NO lady, don't smoke that crack today!" I've never been there, so had a hard time believing some of the things she did to stay high. I can't say I blame her, she really did get a bum rush from people and the government when she was a young child. It's amazing that she fought her way to the top, and her story tells you how hard it was.
destinyj avatar reviewed A Piece of Cake : A Memoir on + 15 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is a funny, yet touching story of a woman's triumph over drugs, alcohol, and the foster system to become a strong, successful woman. It was a little bit of a simple book, but it held my attention and made me care about the character.
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Helpful Score: 2
An amazing memoir you can't put down.
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reviewed A Piece of Cake : A Memoir on
Very good! So inspirational
starkissed2012 avatar reviewed A Piece of Cake : A Memoir on + 16 more book reviews
Great book...incredible story of a girl who had a life that most of us couldn't even imagine. I really enjoyed reading this book and finished it in one day.
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I heard of this book through a friend. Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down. Cupcake's story is one of true endurance. Its almost unbelievable that she even made it out of the nightmare that became her life. The brutal honesty with which she wrote was compelling and made me feel like I knew her personally. Great memoir. Loved it.
shamrock1 avatar reviewed A Piece of Cake : A Memoir on
Excellent read!
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The book was not bad overall but I have a hard time believing that someone who was so heavily drugged would be able to remember so many details of her past. She goes on about not remembering anything about the previous night when she woke up, but she just wrote a chapter on going out what they did and getting high or drunk. If she wakes up with no recollection of the night how did she write such a detailed account of the period leading up to it?!?!? It makes you feel sorry for her in the beginning but by the middle of the book I was blaming her and her friends for the reason things are the way they are. She tells of selling her rented furniture, using aliases for store credit cards which got maxed and never paid, stealing from everyone. Perfect example of where the stereotype comes from. You go from sympathy in the beginning to wishing she would just O.D. or get killed just to end the drain on society. Very long book. Not something I would recommend but not a horrible book, either.


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