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...When I saw the title and cover I immediately thought it was a cook book.  But it wasn’t.  The story is about a young woman named Cupcake and how she went from being a person who experienced life the hard way to becoming a successful lawyer. This book doesn’t pull any punches and it’s a gripping read.  It’s an autobiography for any reader who enjoys reading biographies.

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