Description
One of the hottest new writers in urban fiction, award-winning author Kia DuPree has been hailed for her heart-wrenching storytelling and unforgettable characters. Now she takes you to Washington, D.C.'s most notorious neighborhood, where a young woman has one chance to escape-and too many ways to lose . . . SILENCED
She gets lost in the fantasy of books and poetry. But in Tinka Hampton's all-too-real world, her mother Nicola has lost her job and is struggling to stop her family's fall into poverty. With her sons turning to drug dealing-and worse-Nicola wants better things for her daughter. Yet the more pressure she puts on Tinka to do everything right, the more she drives her away . . . straight into the arms of Nine, a man as irresistible as he is lethal. Now Nicola must make unimaginable choices that will put Tinka at a dangerous crossroads. Will standing up for her seemingly impossible dreams be her way out-or will they trap her on D.C.'s merciless streets forever?
Author: Kia Dupree
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 10/18/2011
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.34w x 0.97d
ISBN13: 9780446547741
ISBN10: 0446547743
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Urban & Street Lit
- Fiction | African American & Black | Women
- Fiction | Women
She gets lost in the fantasy of books and poetry. But in Tinka Hampton's all-too-real world, her mother Nicola has lost her job and is struggling to stop her family's fall into poverty. With her sons turning to drug dealing-and worse-Nicola wants better things for her daughter. Yet the more pressure she puts on Tinka to do everything right, the more she drives her away . . . straight into the arms of Nine, a man as irresistible as he is lethal. Now Nicola must make unimaginable choices that will put Tinka at a dangerous crossroads. Will standing up for her seemingly impossible dreams be her way out-or will they trap her on D.C.'s merciless streets forever?
Author: Kia Dupree
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 10/18/2011
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.34w x 0.97d
ISBN13: 9780446547741
ISBN10: 0446547743
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Urban & Street Lit
- Fiction | African American & Black | Women
- Fiction | Women
About the Author
Kia DuPree, a native of Washington, D.C., holds a B.A. in Mass Media Arts from Hampton University, as well as an M.A. in English from Old Dominion University. She received a Professional Studies Publishing Certificate from New York University in 2006. She is currently teaching middle school and lives with her husband and son in the DC area.