Tionna's on-and-off addicted mother has always taught her to get hers by any means necessary. Tionna's heart is cold, but she holds a warm place in it for Duhan, the father of her two sons and her on-again-off-again boyfriend since they were teenagers. Duhan becomes her knight in shining armor until the government turns their dream into a nightmare. With Duhan behind bars and everything she loves seized, she finds herself starting over in the same neighborhood that she swore she'd never return to. With two kids, a man in prison, and no back-up plan, Tionna is once again living by her wits in order to maintain the lifestyle she's become so accustomed to. Back in the thick of things with her best friends, Gucci, Boots and Tracy, she finds herself rediscovering her old life and suddenly begins to wonder if she's really cut out to be a prisoner's wife.

Section 8: A Hood Rat Novel

Literature & Fiction

K'WAN

United States

Urban Audiobooks and Blackstone Audio

Shoshana Johnson, America's first black female prisoner of war, shares the story of her capture and imprisonment in Iraq and her rescue. On March 23, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Johnson was in a convoy that was ambushed in the city of an-Nasiriyah. Wounded, she and five fellow soldiers were captured and taken as prisoners of war. They were rescued by U.S. Marines on April 13, and she returned to the U.S., decorated and honorably discharged. Now, after years of coming to terms with her story, Johnson recounts with full candor exactly what happened to her and her fellow soldiers during the twenty-two days of their captivity, which none of them have told because of a military gag order. Her perspective of the ambush is revealing and her insight into life as a female POW inspirational.

I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen--My Journey Home

Biographies & Memoirs

Shoshana Johnson

M.L. Doyle

Community & Culture

Shoshana Johnson, America's first black female prisoner of war, shares the story of her capture and imprisonment in Iraq and her rescue.   On March 23, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Johnson was in a convoy that was ambushed in the city of an-Nasiriyah. Wounded, she and five fellow soldiers were captured and taken as prisoners of war. They were rescued by U.S. Marines on April 13, and she returned to the U.S., decorated and honorably discharged.  Now, after years of coming to terms with her story, Johnson recounts with full candor exactly what happened to her and her fellow soldiers during the twenty-two days of their captivity, which none of them have told because of a military gag order. Her perspective of the ambush is revealing and her insight into life as a female POW inspirational.

I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen - My Journey Home

Funny, in your face, and irreverent, The Denzel Principle is guaranteed to strike a chord, and most likely a nerve, with black women everywhere. The Denzel Principle is the belief that the perfect man, the epitome of all the things women think Denzel Washington represents, exists off screen, and you get one for your very own without settling for less: the regular good man need not apply. The Dizzle , aka Mr. Perfect, is tough but vulnerable, accessible but not transparent, political but not radical, mannish but not macho, sexy but not solicitous, passionate but not hysterical, doting but not docile, and all these things on cue and in proper measure. The Denzel Principle gives up-front advice to women on how to break this cycle, including Ways to Attract Mr. Right and 'Ten Reasons to Love Ordinary Black Men.'

The Denzel Principle: Why Black Women Can't Find Good Black Men

Jimi Izrael

Parenting & Relationships

Freedie 'the Cheerleader,' Phyllis 'the Class President,' and Renetta, 'the Fat Girl' were not friends back in high school. So it's a surprise to all of them when they end up connecting at their 30 year high school reunion. They've all changed since those harsh yet tender high school years, and each one of them has their own deliciously scandalous secret. But when those secrets threaten to come to light, and possibly tear apart their less than perfect, but generally content lives, they band together in their sisterhood to stand and fight to keep what's theirs. Funny, sexy, tender, and raunchy, Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It is a J.D. Mason take that is not to be missed.

Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It

J.D. Mason

<p>In this remarkable memoir, President Obama's Kenyan half-brother, twenty-seven-year-old George Obama, describes his unique struggles with family, tribe, inheritance, and redemption and the seminal influence his brother had on his own future. The elusive father that both brothers shared died when George was only six months old. George was raised by his mother and stepfather, but after they separated, he drifted into gangs and petty crime. Restless, willful, and troubled, he lost himself in Nairobi s vast Mathare ghetto. After being framed for an armed robbery he did not commit and spending time in jail, he represented himself at his trial and won the case. Vowing to turn his life around, he finished his education and set up the George Hussein Obama Homeland Foundation to help street youths overcome the miseries surrounding them. </p>
<p> 'This is a true story. It happened to me between the year of my birth and the present day. A very few of the names in this book have been changed, and I have done so in order to protect those individuals. Kenya is at times a lawless and dangerous place, especially in the ghetto. When you read my story you will understand why such changes may have been necessary.'--author's note from the book.</p>

Homeland: An Extraordinary Story of Hope and Survival

DAMIEN LEWIS

George Obama

Life in the streets takes on a whole new meaning in this urban anthology of ''hood'' tales compiled by New York Times best-selling author Wahida Clark.  In Black Is Blue by Victor L. Martin, a corporate woman falls in love with a thug and finds out just how easy it is to stray from the straight and narrow. A hungry eighteen-year-old drug dealer finds out just how powerful a woman can be in LaShonda Sidberry-Teague's The P Is Free. In Bonta's The Last Laugh, a gangster learns that gang life isn't all it's cracked up to be as ''street wars'' takes on a whole new meaning. The Point Blank Mob is brought to its knees in All for Nothing, a story of loyalty, love, and honor by Shawn 'Jihad' Trump. And Wahida Clark introduces Nina, a woman tired of being disrespected by men, who takes revenge to the ultimate level in Makin' Endz Meet.

What's Really Hood!: A Collection of Tales from the Streets

Victor L. Martin

WAHIDA CLARK

Bonta

LaShonda Sidberry-Teague

Shawn Trump

From the Essence bestselling author of Never Enough comes a novel about an explosive love triangle that threatens to bring down a city. Young, beautiful, and in love with the wrong man, Leah is distraught after her boyfriend, Kenny, sets her up to take the fall in yet another of his schemes. Forced to make a deal with the police, she struggles to maintain her composure while gathering information. Then she meets Nasir, an ambitious and hardworking man who wants only to make his family proud. But he owes a debt to a former friend, and no matter how many times he's paid it back, Kenny will never let him forget it. Money reigns supreme in Kenny's world, and he'll lie, cheat, and even kill to protect his empire. And he's starting to realize that his girlfriend, Leah, is standing in his way.

Chaser

MIASHA

Original Gangster: The Real Life Story of One of America's Most Notorious Drug Lords

ALIYA S. KING

Frank Lucas

True Crime

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