Book Worm: Piece of Cake

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I got a Barnes & Noble Nook for Christmas. :D I'm still a ride or die library girl but e-Readers are da bomb dot com (yeah I said it) and space efficient when it comes to traveling. I had been meaning to read Piece of Cake: A Memoir for a while now and decided there was no time like the recent to download it for my plane ride back from Cincinnati to NYC last week. Cupcake (La'Vette) Brown tells the story of her life and, yikes, what a journey she's been on. She's now a successful lawyer and travels all over the country giving inspirational speeches.

I'm about a third of the way into the book and all I can say is WOW. The writing is raw, gritty and poignant; no sugar coating anything. Cupcake gives it to you straight with no chaser; like how she saw it and lived it. Her life was turned upside down at the young age of 11; I mean really eff'd up. I keep thinking this book is fiction but it's not! So far, the message I am receiving from this book is 1) cherish your family- you never know how much time you have left to spend with them 2) how flawed the children services/foster care system is especially back in the 70's and 80's and 3) children can live through just about anything no matter how horrific at times; its in man's innate nature to survive.

My final thoughts on the book once I've finished it. If you've read the book, share your thoughts, well some of them anyway. We can discuss more once I've finished.

Grab a copy at your local library, download it on you e-Reader or buy it brand new or gently used here: