TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Cupcake TI - A piece of cake: a memoir SN - 9781400052295 PY - 2007///] CY - New York PB - Broadway Books KW - Brown, Cupcake. KW - Brown, Cupcake KW - African American women KW - California KW - San Diego KW - Biography KW - African Americans KW - African American families KW - Social conditions KW - Inner cities KW - San Diego (Calif.) KW - San Francisco (Calif.) N1 - Originally published in hardcover by Crown Publishers in 2006 and in paperback by Three Rivers Press in 2007; Includes "Readers Group Guide" (pages [471]-472) N2 - This book is unlike any memoir you'll ever read. Moving in its frankness, it is a relentless tale of a resilient spirit who took on the worst of contemporary urban life and survived it with a furious wit and unyielding determination. Cupcake Brown is a dynamic and original storyteller who will guide you on the most satisfying, startlingly funny, and genuinely affecting tour through hell you'll ever take.--From publisher description ER -