A Piece of Cake, Cupcake Brown
A Piece of Cake, Cupcake Brown
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A Piece of Cake
A Memoir

Author: Cupcake Brown

Narrator: Bahni Turpin

Unabridged: 21 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/28/2006


Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The heart-wrenching, uplifting tale about a woman named Cupcake

“[Cupcake] Brown’s confessional . . . memoir is one you can’t easily put down. Her life is nothing short of a miracle.”—Chicago Sun-Times

There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gangbanging, near-death injuries, drug dealing, prostitution, and homelessness.

Cupcake Brown survived all these things before she’d even turned twenty. 

And that’s when things got interesting. . . 

Orphaned by the death of her mother and left in the hands of a sadistic foster parent, young Cupcake Brown learned to survive by turning tricks, downing hard liquor, and ingesting every drug she could find while hitchhiking up and down the California coast. She stumbled into gangbanging, drug dealing, hustling, prostitution, theft, and, eventually, the best scam of all: a series of 9-to-5 jobs. 

A Piece of Cake is unlike any memoir you’ll ever read. Moving in its frankness, this is the most satisfying, startlingly funny, and genuinely affecting tour through hell you’ll ever take.

Praise for A Piece of Cake

“[Brown] reflects now with insight and honesty on her experiences. . . . An engaging account . . . of a remarkable life filled with pain and wisdom, hope and redemption.”—San Fracisco Chronicle

“Dazzles you with the amazing change that is possible in one lifetime.”—Washington Post 

About The Author

Cupcake Brown was born in the heart of the San Diego ghetto. After graduating from law school in 2001, she went on to practice at Bingham McCutchen, one of the nation’s largest law firms, and became a motivational speaker. Brown is the author of the New York Times bestselling A Piece of Cake: A Memoir. She lives in San Francisco. To learn more, visit cupcakebrown.com.Bahni Turpin is an ensemble member of the Cornerstone Theater Company in Los Angeles. She has guest starred in many television series, including NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Six Feet Under, Cold Case, What About Brian, and The Comeback. Her film credits include Brokedown Palace, Crossroads, and Daughters of The Dust. Ms. Turpin won the Odyssey Award for The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex. She has also received many AudioFile Earphones Awards for her unforgettable narration, including one for Precious by Sapphire, and for the National Book Award finalist and Oprah Book Club Pick The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. She's also a member of the cast recording of The Help, which won numerous awards.


Reviews

Goodreads review by BookAppétit on June 04, 2008

A Piece of Cake is one of those books that won't fade into the background long after it's been shelved for me. The story is so incredible, at times I felt like I was reading another Frey memoir that was somewhat embellished. Cupcake Brown is thrown into the foster care system at 11 and survives abus......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on September 05, 2020

I first read this book years ago and fell in love with it but I don't think I was able to fully appreciate then as I did this time around. Because I don't remember FEELING so much the last time I read it. But this time around, I was hit by feelings with what felt like the force of a hurricane. This......more

Goodreads review by Eva-Marie on August 03, 2008

This is one of the best books I've ever picked up. I don't think I've ever read a better book on the subject of drug and alcohol addiction and recovery. I knew there was a reason why I got this book without knowing much about it. Knowing enough about addiction and recovery to know that this is an ho......more

Goodreads review by Laura on October 14, 2019

I've probably read this book three or four times over the past several years; my copy is now well worn and probably needs replacing. The market is saturated with memoirs and autobiographies of this kind; people who were abused or neglected as a child who struggle through life until they find emotion......more