The Resource A piece of cake : a memoir, Cupcake Brown
A piece of cake : a memoir, Cupcake Brown
- Summary
- This book is unlike any memoir you'll ever read. Moving in its frankness, it is a relentless tale of a resilient spirit who took on the worst of contemporary urban life and survived it with a furious wit and unyielding determination. Cupcake Brown is a dynamic and original storyteller who will guide you on the most satisfying, startlingly funny, and genuinely affecting tour through hell you'll ever take.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 470 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400052288
- Label
- A piece of cake : a memoir
- Title
- A piece of cake
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Cupcake Brown
- Subject
-
- California -- San Francisco
- San Diego (Calif.) -- Biography
- Brown, Cupcake
- African American women
- Biography
- Inner cities -- California | San Diego
- African Americans -- California | San Diego -- Biography
- African American women -- California | San Diego -- Biography
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- Families
- African Americans
- Brown, Cupcake
- Brown, Cupcake -- Family
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography
- San Diego (Calif.)
- Brown, Cupcake
- Autobiographie
- Inner cities
- Weibliche Schwarze
- African American families
- California -- San Diego
- African Americans -- California | San Diego -- Social conditions
- African American families -- California | San Diego
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book is unlike any memoir you'll ever read. Moving in its frankness, it is a relentless tale of a resilient spirit who took on the worst of contemporary urban life and survived it with a furious wit and unyielding determination. Cupcake Brown is a dynamic and original storyteller who will guide you on the most satisfying, startlingly funny, and genuinely affecting tour through hell you'll ever take.--From publisher description
- Title
- A piece of cake
- Summary
- An inspirational, frequently disturbing memoir of a troubled youth describes how the author fell victim to the ills of the child welfare system and her long and difficult struggle to rebuild her life
- Subject
-
- Addiction
- Sex crimes
- Life stories -- Facing adversity | Personal transformation
- San Francisco, California
- Adult child abuse victims
- Inner city -- San Diego, California
- Adult books for young adults
- California
- Life stories -- Relationships | Growing up
- African American women
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- San Diego, California
- Awards note
- Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award, 2007.
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 189156
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
-
- 979.4/985/00496073092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- F869.S22
- LC item number
- B76 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Target audience
- adult
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleStatement
- Cupcake Brown
- Label
- A piece of cake : a memoir, Cupcake Brown
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2530037
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 470 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400052288
- Lccn
- 2005014739
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm60491865
- (OCoLC)60491865
Subject
- African American families
- African American families -- California | San Diego
- African American women
- African American women -- California | San Diego -- Biography
- African Americans
- African Americans -- California | San Diego -- Biography
- African Americans -- California | San Diego -- Social conditions
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- Autobiographie
- Biography
- Brown, Cupcake
- Brown, Cupcake
- Brown, Cupcake
- Brown, Cupcake -- Family
- California -- San Diego
- California -- San Francisco
- Families
- Inner cities
- Inner cities -- California | San Diego
- San Diego (Calif.)
- San Diego (Calif.) -- Biography
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography
- Weibliche Schwarze
- Addiction
- Adult books for young adults
- Adult child abuse victims
- African American women
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- California
- Inner city -- San Diego, California
- Life stories -- Facing adversity | Personal transformation
- Life stories -- Relationships | Growing up
- San Diego, California
- San Francisco, California
- Sex crimes
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