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A review by sjexley
A Piece of Cake: A Memoir by Cupcake Brown
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
A million trigger warnings for this book, but also a million reasons to read it. Cupcake loses her mom at 11, and her world gets turned upside down. She spends her childhood and young adulthood in foster care, living on the streets and becoming heavily addicted to drugs and alcohol. Her story is one of perseverance, faith and second chances. I listened to this on audio and highly recommend bc even through all the trauma, I found myself laughing along with Cup's wittiness. My book club really loved this one (maybe our highest rated book yet!) and we had a great discussion.
Graphic: Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Abortion, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Addiction, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts