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Black Girl Lost
In this shocking novel of a young girl alone on the streets, Goines delves into yet another facet of the ghetto experience-the dark, despair-ridden world of a black girl s soul! Sandra took to the streets when she was eight years old and tried to fight off the hunger pangs by shoplifting and moving into the profits of drug pushing. The she met Chink and discovered love and...more
Mass Market Paperbound, 207 pages
Published
November 1st 2006
by Holloway House Publishing Company
(first published 1973)
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This is a great street lit book to read. You see a young girl, Sandra, who has to suffer from her mother's choices (drunk), where she has to find ways to feed and take care of herself at a very young age. Once Sandra is able to make money as a teenager at a local store in the neighborhood, Sandie (her mother) takes her money to pay the rent. Sandra does not want to be called 'Sandie', not to be considered as her mother after all she has put her through. This can make a reader get upset at how he...more
So you know this lost black girl will have a bad end before you ever crack the spine. The "Rape and Murder!" -- do not omit the exclamation point -- right on the cover kinda drives that point home. And in a quick 184 pages we get hunger, deep poverty, shoplifting, the possibility of rape, some rape, unquestionable rape, crack dealing, crack using, theft, child abuse, alcoholism, juvie, murder with a gun, a knife, bare hands, police brutality and probably some other stuff I'm not rememb...more
I read Black girl lost. This story is about a young girl that was alone. She was took to the street when she was eight years old. She's been trough lot of things in her life. Then she met a boy who's name is Chink and she discovered love and affection...and rape and murder!!
I did like the book because that can help you to know about another reality that lot of young girl in this society are going truth. This book is very realistic and intense..Black girl lost is a non-fiction book, a person...more
I did like the book because that can help you to know about another reality that lot of young girl in this society are going truth. This book is very realistic and intense..Black girl lost is a non-fiction book, a person...more
Black Girl Lost, by Donald Goines, shows what life is like for a young girl in hood. The fact that the young black girl named Sandra was just trying to survive, gives a reality check about what black children go through some times in the urban cities. The fact that she wanted someone who would sympathize with her, is all that she wanted. That's when she meet Chink, a drug pusher, who Sandra fall in love with. The sad thing is that Sandra was raped, by someone she thought she loved, and then was ...more
Black Girl Lost
Donald Goines
207 pages
Publisher: Holloway House Publishing Company
ISBN:0870679856
Sandra grew up without a mom to guide her through her life. She may have made some mistakes but she was happy. Just as a young girl she was barely fed and she was neglected by her alcoholic mom. As she grew up she wanted to be as fabulous as everybody else. But she felt she couldn’t be as normal because she was raped and it ruined things. She began ste...more
Donald Goines
207 pages
Publisher: Holloway House Publishing Company
ISBN:0870679856
Sandra grew up without a mom to guide her through her life. She may have made some mistakes but she was happy. Just as a young girl she was barely fed and she was neglected by her alcoholic mom. As she grew up she wanted to be as fabulous as everybody else. But she felt she couldn’t be as normal because she was raped and it ruined things. She began ste...more
After having read Dopefiend, I wanted to read another book by Goines. This particular book talks about the life of a young black girl, Sandra, who lives a poor life with her mother. Her mother is a dope fiend and goes off to get her fix sometimes without telling Sandra. There was this one day where Sandra did not know where her mother was so she went to look for her and this man was at the brink of raping her, until he thought about it. He lied to her telling her that he would help her find her ...more
This book was decent. It kept my interest and reminded me of some of my students. Sometimes it's difficult to imagine how life can be completely different through another persons eyes based on their life experience. One thing about this book that I really appreciated was that Goines gave a raw, gritty, unfiltered view into 1970s low socioeconomic urban life. The ending seemed a bit far-fetched, but it left room for a part two. I would recommend the book.
This book was set way back in the 1970s which made the dialogue a little awkward at first. But I was instantly pulled into the book when Sandra started dating Chink. It was true love, the circumstances that surrounded them was just unfavorable. This book kept me talking for months. Telling people to read it and how great it was. Finally I decided to look up the writer and found out he was dead. I was so sad, we really lost a talent when they took his life. This is a really touching book. I recom...more
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Sandra is a qirl who is bearly fed and her mom was an ahcaholic....she goes to school one day and finds her lover Chink in high school.they startes selling drugs to servive then he ended up sneaking out of jail then he killed the men that raped Sandra the he gets shot by one of them the Sandra saw him and go him home and he died bekuz a cut him twice so the police wouln't take him bak to jail
THIS STORY MADE ME CRY HARD:(
THIS STORY MADE ME CRY HARD:(
A compelling novel that pulls at the strings of my heart. A compelling novel that pulls at the strings of my heart. I could relate to Sandra and I know many other black girls could to. Goines did such a notable job portraying life on the streets for young black girls. and to think she had not yet graduated high school. Absolutely captivating job well done.. A you will not put down story.
Just read Black Girl Lost by Donald Goines - AKA Def Hood Ghetto Realism - this mofo can write, for real. About a young girl raised on the streets; shoplifter to quazi mastermind of her first-love, tough-as-nails, high school pusher. He gets some time in the joint, she gets beat up by some dopefiends, he breaks out and gets his revenge.. Happily ever after.
I read this book when I was in the sixth grade. I took the book from my older sister room and read the book in two days. I am now a 43 year old woman and I have never forgotten this book and the characters in it. I will always love this book and have read this book maybe 10 times troughout my life. Unforgettable!!!!
I thought the book was an excellent read...Straight to the point, but at the same time thought provoking. It pushed me through the pages and kept me wanting more until the ending. I highly recommend to readers who want a taste of the urban jungle...
this book was just the book i've been lookiin for and im kinda glad i read at first i didnt understand it but wen i got to the third chapter i had understood were she was going...
this boy is so good that you need to read, because it about a young girl that gets rape by these older guys and also her mother being a alcoholic. You need to read this book.
Wonderful story!!!!! Sad, but with a lot of gritty realism. Everytime I read Donald Goines, I am hooked from the beginning to end!!! Definitely 4 stars material!!! The orginal street lit!!!! Beautifully written.
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Shawneka Thomas
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This is a very good and realistic book about black females in today's society......lost to all the temptations and the fast life.....a must read...
I knew I would not like this book before I picked it up, but I read it anyway. This just isn't my cup of tea.
Teshaya carter
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i loved the book, i love how she held her man down in jail and i loved the ending.
This is a highly recommended book for any Goines fan or fans of urban literature. It's crazy!! thats all im gonna say
Angel
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loved this 6ook, 6ought out alotta emotions
More of a story on the power of love...
Maxo Marc
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Powerful story chilling imagery.
A quick, good read from Goines.
This was a good book.
i LOVED this book.
I rated this book based on how I felt after my initial reading of it in the mid 1990's. I don't remember how I came upon this book, but the story has never left me. Matter of fact, in high school I did a PowerPoint presentation based on this book. We had to present as if we were adapting the book into a movie; I used Jada Pinckett and Bokeem Woodbine as the leading characters.
Great book.
Great book.
Sad book. A bit too real and unnerving to be enjoyed but to enthralling to be drawn away. You cheer on the wrongness going on because you fall in love with the young characters and sympathize with their struggle. the end leave you saddened and wrecked of hope!
I will read another one of his books,good quick read.
Really fast read. All the drama and action packed into all 184 pages. I enjoyed it because it was quick and to the point. No time to create all the extra crap that most writers try and do.
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