I collapsed in happy tears at the end of all three reads.Ĭupcake’s voice – personable and funny, comes through to the reader, with an authenticity reflecting each phase of her life. The meal of this book becomes nothing less than a triumph of the spirit with a sweet, redemptive and just dessert, as Cupcake graduates with honors from the University of San Francisco’s School of Law. But don’t turn away in distaste from this authentic portrait of hustling, gangbanging, prostitution and homelessness because this is a story of learning to listen to the quiet voice beneath the confusion and walking back into the life you deserve, regardless of where you have been. What follows is a living hell of a childhood, sweetened only by the short-lived comforts of alcohol, drug abuse and street gang camaraderie.
When her mother dies, Cupcake is forced from the arms of a loving, extended family into the clutches of a brutal foster parent and the dispassionately dysfunctional California foster care system. Bitter tears, unbearable sadness and endless disappointment comprise the ingredients of her young, orphaned life starting from the age of 11.
It is an entire meal with courses that one would never wish to order or digest. Post #28 – Women’s Memoirs, Book Raves – Matilda Butler and Kendra BonnettĬupcake Brown’s memoir is so much more than A Piece of Cake.
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