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Silenced
by
Kia DuPree (Goodreads Author)
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...more
SILENCED
She gets lost in the fantasy of books and poetry. But in...more
ebook, 352 pages
Published
October 18th 2011
by Grand Central Publishing
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A mother’s love normally runs deep and the bond is hard to break. A time comes when a mother has to let her children go in order for them to learn on their own. In Silenced by Kia Dupree, readers learn about a struggling mother and her relationship with her daughter.
Nicola is trying her best to raise her three children in the heart of the projects in Washington, DC. It becomes harder each day because the streets keep calling her sons to a life of dangerous consequences. After the family settles...more
Nicola is trying her best to raise her three children in the heart of the projects in Washington, DC. It becomes harder each day because the streets keep calling her sons to a life of dangerous consequences. After the family settles...more
Confessions and Reflections
Nicola has it hard as a single mother trying to raise three children on her own. When she loses her job, gets evicted and finds herself moving in with a friend and losing control over her children, she realizes that her life is a lesson for her children, but mainly her young daughter Tinka. Will she be able to teach Tinka how to remain true to herself while loving her sons?
Full of potential, it’s obvious to others that Teyona aka Tinka is a different kind of girl. She’...more
Nicola has it hard as a single mother trying to raise three children on her own. When she loses her job, gets evicted and finds herself moving in with a friend and losing control over her children, she realizes that her life is a lesson for her children, but mainly her young daughter Tinka. Will she be able to teach Tinka how to remain true to herself while loving her sons?
Full of potential, it’s obvious to others that Teyona aka Tinka is a different kind of girl. She’...more
I went ahead and gave this book a four because it was compelling, but it also made me completely crazy. Watching the daughter narrator (the mother also narrates some) make the same choices she despises in others, while somehow completely oblivious that she's doing it, was torture. The characterization is very good, but many of the characters are at times hard to sympathize with, including abusive men and murderous drug dealers. If A Tree Grows in Brooklyn celebrates the spirit of those trying to...more
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Mar 16, 2012
Shelley
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I enjoyed this story about a young girl (Tinka) growing up in a bad neighborhood. Her mother struggles with trying to keep Tinka on the straight path, along with keep her older sons out of trouble and the family from living on the streets. To complicate things is mom's live-in boyfriend whom Tinka doesn't like. I didn't care too much for the mom (and I cannot remember her name at all right now), but I did enjoy reading about the other characters.
Silenced was wonder of the better Urban fictions books I have read. It really made you want to ask questions. I thought it was interesting that book was told by the two main women characters and I wonder why. This book would probably make a good discussion book.
wow Kia done did it again...I love all her books...and this is no different...this is a must read...it had so much drama and heartbreaking details you will love this...I can't wait until Kia comes out wit another best seller
The award winning author of Damaged has written aother thought-provoking, compelling novel. Mothers and daughters everywhere can strengthen their relationsships from reading this book.
This is a story about a young black girl struggling to do the right thing faced with all the obstacles of her life..living in the projects, a drug abusing mother, violence in the neighborhood and extending into her family. Does she make the right choices...not always, but that is life and the author does a good job telling her story.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book - the characters, the plot, and how realistic it was. I would like to read another book by this author!
Depressing, even though the ending was hopeful, still this girl went through so much, it was overwhelming to read.
EXCELLENT!!!! This story was simply awesome!! I LOVE Ms. Dupree's work! Once I started reading this book I COULD NOT put it down!
I really enjoyed the story, but it was just so depressing!! I just wanted Tinka to catch a break!
Loved this book. Tinka went thru a whole lot. It was a page turner from beginning to end. Kia DuPree is now one of my favs.
love the story
Wow! (that's all that's it)
A very good read.
Good
Very good must read for young females
a good read.
i wasn't too fond of this book until then end. it started getting better but ended extremely sad.
This book was a decent read. It showed me how it can get hard.
Great book.
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