How Can I Be Down?

Name: How Can I Be Down?
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Brenda Hampton
ISBN: 9781538531136

Author: Brenda Hampton

Narrator: Joe Black

Unabridged: 6 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Urban Audiobooks

Published: 05/07/2019

Categories: Fiction, African American & Black Fiction, Urban

Synopsis

As he struggles to control his drug empire and keep his cutthroat girlfriend in check, Kiley Jacoby Abrams has the next several months cut out for him. If that’s not enough, he’s got more setbacks than one man can handle: an arrogant and troublesome brother, a sneaky playa-hating friend, another friend who turns to him for everything, and a woman who only claims to have his back.Kiley’s life is full of secrets from the past, and for as long as he can remember, he’s been running from a life of crime. Moving from Los Angeles to St. Louis doesn’t allow him the change his heart desires, and Kiley soon realizes that trouble is his middle name. His fight to turn his life around doesn’t last for long. When a new love interest comes knocking at his door, she offers Kiley a life of stability—or possibly a new journey that may lead him straight to the devil’s lonely hell.

About Brenda Hampton

Brenda Hampton is a native St. Louisian, with a gift and passion for writing. She maintained journals for several years, but it wasn’t until she read Terry McMillan’s Disappearing Acts that Hampton was prompted to explore writing in ways she never thought were possible.

Reviews

Goodreads review by lene on September 26, 2015

This book was hilarious. Very entertaining novel.......more

Goodreads review by Cherise on July 16, 2015

This book was awful. I really enjoy the writings of Brenda Hampton but this one did not make the list. The story line just did not have substance and I thought the characters were corny.......more

Goodreads review by Belinda on December 25, 2015

Brenda Hampton is the best. I just finished How Can I be Down and it was the bomb. The characters were awesome. They had mad love for each other except Donovan, the snake. I fell bad for Quincy & Kiley. These brothers had "mad love" for each other. If only Kiley had followed his first mind abt Candi......more

Goodreads review by Linda on September 08, 2020

The ending was a shocker!......more

Goodreads review by Kierah on October 18, 2017

"How Can I Be Down" by Brenda Hampton, it is a very interesting book and I like it. The main characters are Kiley, Jada, Donovan, Kareem and Quincy. This book gives a good overview of real life situations and it is very descriptive so it makes it seem realistic. Kiley and Jada are having relationsh......more