A Piece of Cake

A Memoir

Cupcake Brown

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Random US
02 July 2021

Biography; Autobiography: general

The No.1 Sunday Times bestselling true story of Cupcake Brown- orphan, runaway, addict, a child turning tricks on the street until one morning on her journey through hell she woke up and knew she had to change her life or die.

'Phenomenal woman' The Oprah Magazine 'Dazzles you with the amazing change that is possible in one lifetime.' Washington Post

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This is the heart-wrenching true story of a girl named Cupcake Brown.

Orphan, runaway, addict, all before she was twenty. That's when things got really interesting...

Cupcake was just eleven years old when, orphaned, she entered the child welfare system. Moved from one disastrous placement to the next, like so many, she was neglected and sexually abused.

She fed her appetite for drink and drugs by selling the only thing she had. Her body. Before long she had stumbled head first into a world of gangs and extreme violence. After one crack binge she woke up behind a dumpster. Half-dressed and more than half-dead, she knew she had a choice. Change her life or die.

Brutally frank and startlingly funny, A Piece of Cake is the remarkable true story of a resilient spirit who triumphed over the very worst that life could throw at her.

By: Cupcake Brown
Imprint: Random US
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 199mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 368g
ISBN: 9780553818178
ISBN 10: 0553818171
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 02 July 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Language: Chinese
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cupcake Brown was born in San Diego, in the heart of the ghetto. After years of hard work and dedicated study, she achieved her ambition, graduating from law school in the spring of 2001. She now practices law at one of America's largest law firms and is a motivational speaker. She lives in San Francisco.

Reviews for A Piece of Cake: A Memoir

It dazzles you with the amazing change that is possible in one lifetime. We see a woman learn to build a family from strangers who help her because she is another human being trying to overcome horrendous circumstances. It is a story that is poetic in its simplicity, beautifully stripped to the basics Washington Post Extraordinary... An engaging account of a remarkable life filled with pain and wisdom, hope and redemption San Francisco Chronicle Her story of survival and triumph is incredible and often rough. Readers who like gritty, urban nonfiction will enjoy this Booklist 20060315 Want to be inspired by a story that's far from run-of-the-mill? Curl up with Cupcake Brown's harrowing, sugar-free memoir... Marie Claire Incredibly frank and funny memoir Closer