
Foster home to foster home, abandoned by her biological father, young Brown had to become a survivalist for herself by running away, and hitchhiking to go back to her hometown a place where she did feel home and felt wanted.Īll she ever wanted was to be loved and she found that same feeling by involving herself in gangs.

She would often have trouble with men due to the fact that she was used by men at such a young age.

Cupcake Brown would always find herself in an unstable relationship ending within the second month. Being raped and having to prostitute at an age so young that some children her age don’t understand the meaning of these words. Turning to drugs and alcohol to drown her sorrows from being mentally, physically, and sexually abused. From this book I learned that you can overcome anything that comes your way only if you motivate yourself no matter what you have been through.Ĭupcake Brown went through so many years of trouble and misery because of one fateful day. A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown is truly an inspirational, saddening, yet humorous book. Let me tell you about the book being passed around at my school. Reading can be a pain for some people, maybe because they haven’t found the right book.
