The first book in the bmore careful series a novel by shannon holmes. Its the late 1980s, and gena finds herself in trueblue love. Nevertheless, shannon holmes is an exceptional and talented writer. With no father and a dope fiend for a mother, netta learns at an early age how to use her beauty and her body to get the things she. From the streets of baltimore, maryland hail an all girl clique called the pussy pound.
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The premise of the story was based on betrayal, deception and treachery. Bmore careful bmore careful audiobook, by shannon holmes. This book is fastpaced, streetsmart, hiphop and ghetto fabulous. He seemed humble and sincere because he had been in prison and now had made a positive name for himself. I would have rated this book five stars had it not been for the excessive typos and grammatical errors i came across. Shop amongst our popular books, including 16, dirty game, bad girlz and more from shannon holmes.
Bad girlz 4 life book by shannon holmes thriftbooks. Bmore careful was a raw and gritty account of what takes place in the life of the streets. Since the first book, tender, or tanya as she likes to be called now, and q have grown up a lot. Growing up on the cold, mean, innercity streets of baltimore is netta, leader of an allgirl clique called the pussy pound. With no father and a dope fiend for a mother, netta learns at an early age to use her beauty and her body to get the things she wants, money, cars, and jewelry. Shannon holmes was born and raised in new york citys most northern borough. This was an emotional tale of three youths, two girls and a boy who became. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read caught up. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
Born in new york city in the early 1970s, holmes came of age in the bronx, which during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic in the 1980s had one of the highest percapita crime rates in the nation. The bestselling author of bmore careful, shannon holmes, delivers bad girlz, another wild adventure into the streets. Shannon holmes, bestselling author of bmore careful. Along with mimi, netta forms a group called the pussy pound, which is comprised of beautiful women who are all seeking to connect themselves to baltimore hustlers who have money to spread around.
With no father and a dope fiend for a mother, netta. Bmore careful by shannon holmes fatherless and with an addict mother, netta, the leader of the pussy pound, relies on her body and her wiles to survive the harsh streets of baltimore, but finds there is more to life after her heartbroken lover black swears revenge on her. Shannon holmes, author info, published books, bio, photo. With no father and a dope fiend for a mother, netta learns at an early age how to use beauty and her body to get the things she wants, money, cars, and jewelry. Growing up on the cold, mean, inner city streets of baltimore is netta, leader of an allgirl clique called the pussy pound. His name was shannon holmes, and he wrote a book called bmore careful. The setting this time is the badlands, one of the toughest and poorest communities in philadelphia. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Holmes crafted his first novel and signed his first literary contract from prison, while serving a five year sentence for various drug convictions. This book narrates the lives of two girls growing up in the ghetto trying to break out of past. Holmes entrance into the literary world was anything but ordinary. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read bmore careful. Bad girlz takes listeners into the mysterious and often dangerous lives of young women who turn to the streets and strip clubs as a means of survival. Bmore careful the prequel bmore careful by shannon holmes.
Bmore careful takes sex, lies, and betrayal to the next level in this actionpacked, fastpaced, suspensefilled novel growing up on the cold, mean, innercity streets of baltimore is netta, leader of an allgirl clique called the pussy pound. Shannon holmess bmore careful is whats variously called street lit or ghetto. Stringer, bestselling author of let that be the reason if i was still in the game, this would be a book i would not want my girl to read. This page is automatically generated based on what facebook users are interested in, and not affiliated with or endorsed by anyone associated with the topic.
The coldest winter ever is a book about the daughter of a big black drug dealer growing up in a very sheltered life. The third sentence of this book is netta pierced her eyes on a startling event transpiring in her alleyway. Bmore careful is written in the style of teri woods earlier novel, the name of the game. Bmore careful ebook by shannon holmes 1230000219774. Shannon holmes inspired by the events of his own life, the essence bestselling author of bmore careful and bad girlz presents a vivid, unflinching novel about a young mans coming of age in the city streets. A hustlers wife brought back memories of shoulda, woulda, coulda stories.
Shannon holmes booklist shannon holmes message board. Shannon holmes was born and raised in the bronx new york. Shannon holmes wrote his first novel, bmore careful, while serving time in prison on drug charges. Buy a cheap copy of bmore careful book by shannon holmes. Shannon holmes wrote his first novel, the urban classic bmore careful, while serving a fiveyear prison sentence. With no father and a dope fiend for a mother, netta learns at an early age how to use her beauty and her body to get the things she wants. If you liked bad girlz, you will definitley like this book. There is a lot of controversy about urban literature or as it sometimes called. Its a fresh insight to the first book and a bridge to bmore careful part 2.
The similarities are immediately obvious, and her editing hand is definitely in it. The books narrative tensions, two major conflicts and countless smaller ones. Bmore careful ebook por shannon holmes 1230000219774. Shannon holmes book, bmore careful, has been quoted as one of the best street stories ever read. That same evening i bought it and finished it in a couple of hours and went to bed. Bmore careful bmore careful, book 1 by shannon holmes. Treasure blue, author info, published books, bio, photo. Teri went on to write sequels, prequels, and other books as well as sponsor other urban fiction authors such as another classic, bmore careful by shannon holmes. From teri woods publishing comes ones of the books that started the urban genre phenomenon free. Lee bmore careful por shannon holmes disponible en rakuten kobo. Bmore careful takes sex, lies, and betrayal to the next level in this actionpacked, fastpaced, suspensefilled novel. Read bmore careful by shannon holmes available from rakuten kobo. This book was very well written, and finished it withn 8 hrs. It said that he wrote a book while he was in prison, the book was called bmore careful.
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