Download or read book Dope Girl written by Kimberly D Mathis and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-29 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born a dope baby, I became a college graduate, a mother of three, an entrepreneur, an Income Tax professional and an NFL wife. I was raised in the 80's and 90's amid the crack cocaine epidemic, the worst and deadliest drug surge the United States had ever seen that plagued predominantly low-income African American communities. This is a story of how the cheap drug caused devastating effects not only to the addict we come to know as Rose, but also to me, Rose's youngest child. Almost every encounter we have with a person who suffers from addiction focuses primarily on their failed attempts to achieve sobriety, a typical life of crime to support their habit, and in some positive cases, their re-acclimation back into society and the monstrous task of maintaining a drug free life. We almost never dissect what the family of an addict experiences. I felt moved to write this book to offer a deep and personal look into how drug addiction has detrimental effects on the family members of addicts as well, particularly their children. This is my story. Let's rummage through every human emotion from fear and terror, to hope and despair, and finally freedom.This book will help you embrace your own life's challenges and learn to shed the shame of circumstances you couldn't or can't control, as you navigate how to live with other people's choices.

Download or read book Dope Girls written by Marek Kohn and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a discussion of the transformation of drug use (especially morphine and cocaine, which was once commonly available in any chemist's shop) into a national menace. It revolves around the death of Billie Carleton, a West End musical actress, in 1918. Its cast of characters includes Brilliant Chang, a Chinese restaurant proprietor and Edgar Manning, a jazz drummer from Jamaica. They were eventually identified as the villains of the affair and invested with a highly charged sexual menace. Around them, in the streets off Shaftesbury Avenue, there swirled a raffish group of seedy and entitled hedonists. Britain was horrified and fascinated, and so the drug problem was born amid a gush of exotic tabloid detail.

Download or read book Dope Girl written by Kimberly D. Mathis and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobody ever survives trauma without scars, but embrace them as the battle wounds that lead to your inner peace. Stop expecting yourself to have all the answers. Have faith that every experience you encounter is carefully crafted to make you one fierce soldier. Embracing life's challenges as the faith strengthening, confidence building, character revealing and patience enduring tests that they are. It's a fact, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, unequivocally. The more we learn to trust God and ourselves, the more we ultimately set our souls free.What is God trying to heal you from? I encourage you to find the strength to shed the shame of circumstances you can't or couldn't control. Let go of guilt, pain and the feeling of defeat. There is freedom and healing with your name on it. Forgive. And pray often, so tomorrow won't be like yesterday. God favors you and He favored me, and because he did, this girl turned out to be pretty dope. Now, it's your turn. Go be dope!

Download or read book Dope Girl 3 written by Sa'id Salaam and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this installment of the Dope Girl saga Cameisha and crew are faced with some difficult situations and decisions. Dasias' drug habit has come to light and must be addressed. Bilal has to choose between his career and the girl he loves. Jackie has decided to be a full fledged member and Aqua is still Aqua. Armed with a new synthetic coke the crew is set to become major players but not without a cost. The super drug gets user super high, but something is wrong, people are dying. Marisol makes a starting discovery that has a deadly price tag. Cameisha has a new man in her life who shares her ambition. With her product and his hustle they can't do anything but TURNUP!

Download or read book Dope Girl written by Sa'id Salaam and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-23 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand her future we need to explore her past. In this first installment of the DOPE GIRL saga we travel back literally and figuratively to Longs, Mississippi. Monsters aren't born, they're developed. Witness the events that shaped the mind of this beautiful yet deadly girl. Experience the childhood trauma that the whole world would one day feel. Once Tywanna meets the original DOPE BOY she is forever changed. Changed for the better or worse depends on which side of her gun you find yourself on. Watch as she morphs from sweet country girl Tywanna into street savvy Cameisha. She's smart, pretty, and viscous. She is the DOPE GIRL. THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING!!

Download or read book Dope Girl 5 written by Sa'id Salaam and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cameisha faked her own death and made a clean get away. She was safely in South America with her man and millions in the bank. All she had to do was live life, but of course that was too simple for the complicated young lady. Being hard headed put her on the radar of a dangerous new foe. Now she's forced to go back to America to fight to save not only her life but the lives of her family. Meanwhile back in America, Self and Bad Ass are struggling to keep their head above water without the guidance of their mentor and sister. They have plenty of problems of their own and her return only brings them even more. This time the Dope Girl is in way over her head and when a new player arrives on scene things go from bad to worse. Get ready to join the Dope Girl and her crew on a ride of a lifetime because THE KING IS BACK!

Download or read book Dope Girl 4 written by Sa'id Salaam and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's going to be all out war when all sides collide in the explosive finale of the dope Gilr series. Juan is playing for keeps now that he's discovered Cameisha betrayed him. Will he find out she is his sister? Will it matter? Now that the police have linked her to the Salazar drug clan they plan to take her down with them. A dangerous new enemy comes on the scene with Suave and Bilal. Can the crew forgive Dasis for her treason or will she fall victim to the crews mantra of death before dishonor? Cameisha has gotten in way over her head this time. This time uncle Killa won't be ablte to come to her resuce. Will she make it out alive or REST IN PEACE?

Download or read book Dope Girl 5 written by Sa'id Salaam and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-18 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cameisha faked her own death and made a clean get away. She was safely in South America with her man and millions in the bank. All she had to do was live life, but of course that was too simple for the complicated young lady. Being hard headed put her on the radar of a dangerous new foe. Now she's forced to go back to America to fight to save not only her life but the lives of her family. Meanwhile back in America, Self and Bad Ass are struggling to keep their head above water without the guidance of their mentor and sister. They have plenty of problems of their own and her return only brings them even more. This time the Dope Girl is in way over her head and when a new player arrives on scene things go from bad to worse. Get ready to join the Dope Girl and her crew on a ride of a lifetime because THE KING IS BACK!

Download or read book Dope Girl Magic 2 written by Destiny Skai and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-11 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blood is supposed to be thicker than water, but TORI doesn't see it that way. After her failed attempt at dethroning DIESEL, her ruthless father, the good girl turned bad has joined forces with someone just as powerful as her daddy as she attempts to bring him down once and for all. While building up her cred in the drug game, Tori enlists a group of young, hungry, blood thirsty killers to help her eliminate the one man that stands in her way to prominence. As her newly crowned right-hand man, HONCHO must protect Tori from true enemies as well as fake friends. Will he be able to see the treachery that is brewing right under their noses? Lurking in the shadows is an unknown enemy, who is hell-bent on taking Tori's crown. And that bit*h called karma is breathing down the girls' backs. Will DOPE GIRL MAGIC continue to get Tori and her crew through the dangers they encounter? Or will they finally get a taste of their own medicine?

Download or read book Dope Girl Magic 3 written by Destiny Skai and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After proving she can master the drug game as proficiently as her male counterparts, TORI has risen to the top. Her strict adherence to the codes of the streets, and her uncanny DOPE GIRL MAGIC has her name ringing hard. Everyone wants to rock with the Queen. Tori's crew exhibits unwavering loyalty and her relationship with JUDE is starting to show great promise. The beef between Tori and her arch enemy is boiling hot like lava. Will it erupt and wipe out everything in its path? When a pool of vicious sharks come for her pretty head, will Tori be able to ward them off and make them Bow Down to the Throne? Or will she wither away when she comes face to face with the most ruthless killa she's ever encountered?

Download or read book Dope Girl 3 written by Sa'id Salaam and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this installment of the Dope Girl saga Cameisha and crew are faced with some difficult situations and decisions. Dasias' drug habit has come to light and must be addressed. Bilal has to choose between his career and the girl he loves. Jackie has decided to be a full fledged mber and Aqua is still Aqua. Armed with a new synthetic coke the crew is set to become major players but not without a cost. The super drug gets the user super high, but something is wrong, people are dying. Marisol makes a startling discovery that has a deadly price tag. Cameisha has a new man in her life who shares her ambition. With her product and how hustle they can't do anything but TURN UP.

Download or read book This Is Major written by Shayla Lawson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Book Critics Circle Finalist in Autobiography * Finalist for a Lambda Literary Award * Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by USA Today, Bitch Magazine, Parade, Salon and Ms. Magazine From a fierce and humorous new voice comes a relevant, insightful, and riveting collection of personal essays on the richness and resilience of black girl culture—for readers of Samantha Irby, Roxane Gay, Morgan Jerkins, and Lindy West. Shayla Lawson is major. You don’t know who she is. Yet. But that’s okay. She is on a mission to move black girls like herself from best supporting actress to a starring role in the major narrative. Whether she’s taking on workplace microaggressions or upending racist stereotypes about her home state of Kentucky, she looks for the side of the story that isn’t always told, the places where the voices of black girls haven’t been heard. The essays in This is Major ask questions like: Why are black women invisible to AI? What is “black girl magic”? Or: Am I one viral tweet away from becoming Twitter famous? And: How much magic does it take to land a Tinder date? With a unique mix of personal stories, pop culture observations, and insights into politics and history, Lawson sheds light on these questions, as well as the many ways black women and girls have influenced mainstream culture—from their style, to their language, and even their art—and how “major” they really are. Timely, enlightening, and wickedly sharp, This Is Major places black women at the center—no longer silenced, no longer the minority.

Download or read book A Dopegirl Needs Love Too 2 written by Shan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say it's better to have loved and to have lost than to not have loved at all... Mulani and Dox thought they were going to be the king and queen in the streets of Dallas, but what they didn't anticipate was their love story ending abruptly due to foolish mistakes on both ends. One year later and Lani hasn't let anything stop her grind. Losing Dox was a hard pill to swallow, but she never let it alter her steps. Having to step up and take over Dox's operation in his absence has garnered Lani more notoriety and has everyone trying to get a piece of her. Never in a million years did Lani think that she would be the head of a successful drug operation. She's truly in rare form. The only thing that isn't rare is the downfalls that comes with the hustle. Lani is not only facing a threat from her past, but also has a problem with new enemies as well. Lani feels as if she has the streets behind her, her new secret lil boo -and with that, nothing will stop the reign she has on the streets. But with King Dox's return home, Lani soon finds out just how quickly he comes through and shakes up her whole life again. Dox has done another bid in the FEDs all over false charges-and being dumbly in love. Now that he's home, Dox wants to own the game, do it right, and never make the same mistake for a third time. What he doesn't anticipate is that not only has things has changed, but he's forced to work side by side with his ex Lani again. While Dox is convinced that he's over Lani, it isn't long before he finds out that real love is hard to let go. When a secret is revealed, Dox realizes that the only throne Lani belongs on is his. He's now more determined than ever to have his Lil Baby back-even it means he has to go through Asim, Sephora-and Lani's new love interest. With all the losses Dox has taken, the stakes are ridiculously high to prove why he's King. With his brothers Skully and Los right by his side, a win is a must for him. No one will take from him again--not his life, not his freedom, and definitely not his heart. No one is safe. Samuel "Skully" McGuay, Dox's older brother has had his fair share of bad luck as well. Now that he has a new life with his brothers in Dallas, things have been looking up for him. He believes money, power, and respect above all else and then plenty of women to enjoy. Skully's current situation Rianna RiRi Taylor was in need of a saving at the time he met her making it hard for him to turn away from the mother of 3. Now that Skully feels RiRi is where she needs to be in life, he's ready to turn back to his doggish ways having multiple women at his beck and call. Skully never really believed in love considering he'd never experienced seeing a man before him love a woman. When he finally realizes that what he he'd been needing all his life as right by his side, will it be too late for him? Carlos "Los" McGuay, the youngest of the three is a sucka for a big butt and a slim waist which is why he ended up being in love with a stripper. Kenethia "Fire" Atkins is one of the biggest exotic dancers in Dallas always headlining and bringing in plenty of cash. Fire loves her baby daddy Los, but she loves the limelight better. Refusing to give up the life and her sometimes bad girl ways, Fire that easily pushes Los into the hands of another woman. Los no longer interested in being Fire's sucka especially when her ways started to affect him more ways than one. He finds sudden interest in Jayla, Lani's new best friend. She becomes everything that he never knew he was missing. Jayla comes along and proves that history and a child means nothing when the love wasn't real. She and Los fall deeper than deep, but will Fire just standby and let her baby daddy slip away? In this sequel of A Dopegirl Needs Love Too, love is proven to never be overrated when the heart of the streets is fighting for it.

Download or read book Dope Girl s Ambition written by Tamika Washington and published by . This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Unapologetically Dope written by A. Nicki Washington and published by Alicia Nicki Washington. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black women and girls in the tech field face battles that often extend beyond academic performance or professional experience. Unapologetically Dope provides the lessons necessary to be successful yet still remain your most authentic self in a field where less than 1% of all graduates are Black women.

Download or read book Dope Girl Magic written by Destiny Skai and published by Dope Girl Magic. This book was released on 2020-04-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her good looks, work ethic, and high intelligence, TORI could easily succeed at a legitimate profession, but the streets are calling. Instead of being an accountant, she wants to be the Queen of the Trap, following in the footsteps of her notorious father, DIESEL, who has the drug game on smash. But can a pretty girl like Tori earn the respect of ruthless killers? When Diesel refuses to acknowledge his daughter's lethal criminal mind, Tori decides to come for her father's throne. It's blood against blood, savvy versus savagery. Can DOPE GIRL MAGIC outwit a certified gangsta and his years of street knowledge? Or will Tori get crushed in a deadly game that's ruled by men with no conscious? Besides her mental superiority and her willingness to go all out to be victorious, Tori has one other asset. KILO, the love of Tori's life is about that business, too! Can their union project them to the top? Or will they get snuffed out together?

Download or read book Dope written by Sara Gran and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Come Closer and the Claire DeWitt series comes a highly acclaimed—and unusual—gritty thriller about a missing girl... and the addict tasked with saving her. Josephine, a former addict, is offered a thousand dollars to find a suburban couple’s missing daughter. But the search will take her into the dark underbelly of New York she thought she’d escaped—and a web of deceit that threatens to destroy her.