A Piece of Cake

A Memoir

By: Cupcake Brown

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

New York Times best seller

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 20. 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 Francisco Chronicle)

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

©2006 Cupcake Brown (P)2006 Books on Tape

Critic reviews

"Cupcake's gonna sell like hotcakes." (Publishers Weekly)

"Her story of survival and triumph is incredible and often rough." (Booklist)

The best book I've ever listened to

I can't say enough positive things about this book.

Cupcake Brown's story is one I'll never forget. It's hard-core honest. For me, the brutality was sometimes hard to listen to (I had to take a lot of breaks in the beginning). The things she went through, no child should ever have to endure.

I totally enjoyed her style of writing. Cupcake's sense of humor tickled me. As flawed and tragic as she was, many of her antics throughout the book made me scream with laughter. Redemption comes at the end, and I cried like a baby.

The narrator, Bahni Turpin, is very expressive and she did this story incredible justice. She performed it to a "T".

This book is well worth 2 credits and in fact, I'm going to purchase it in print.

If you like memoirs, and cussing doesn't offend you too much, this is a keeper.

Remarkable book

This book is such a greatly written book and so amazing. I loved the narrator for this read Bahni Turpin brought this book to life. I found myself upset, happy, sad and every emotion that you could have. While listening to this book I was like how can this girls life get any better and the ending amazed me. Wonders never cease. I never expected so much to go on in someones life but one thing I can say this young woman's story was by far one of the best that I have come across.

I Wanted MORE!!!

This was one of those books that you don't want to end. Cupcake Brown is a remarkable woman with an AMAZING story! I had not heard her story before I read the book. Her story so intrigued me that I did additional research on the web to follow up on her success post the completion of the book. I would HIGHLY recommend all young women to read!

Wow!!! Now this was truly Inspiring!!

This was the longest, as well as, deeply emotionally book that I have ever listened too. It is inconceivable what the author actually endured. At some points in her story it was almost unbelievable. But I know God is real and Cupcake Brown is literally a living and visible miracle. Nothing is too hard for God. Thank you Cupcake for sharing your story. You have given me hope that even at 55 years old, I can still be, who God predestined.

A Piece Of Clarity

I really enjoyed the book. Everything from the storyline to the narrator. I believe the narrator is what helped bring the story to life for me. Some of things were so relatable and motivating at the same time.

Great book.

it was a little long and difficult to get through in spots, but well worth the read. If you know, grew up with, have lived with, or have been an alcoholic or addict, there are so many wonderful things you will find in this book. If not, it will open your eyes to the disease of addiction..

Nobody but God

No matter what you are going through, God always. But you have to want to do the work. Excellent book. I laughed, and cried while reading this book.

OUTSTANDING!!!!

IF YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING THROUGH HELL IN YOUR LIFE AND ARE COMPLAINING. LISTEN TO THIS BOOK AND PREPARE YOURSELF TO BE UPLIFTED AND YOUR WINING TO STOP. THIS WOMANS LIFE FROM AGE 11 WAS HORRIBLE. SOME OF THE THINGS SHE HAD TO ENDUR WAS HEARTBREAKING AND HARD TO LISTEN TOO, BUT WITH TEARS ROLLING DOWN MY FACE I KEPT LISTENING, MY GOD THE THINGS SHE WENT THRU! THIS BOOK IS SO GUT WRENCHINGLY REAL! AND SO FULL OF GODS GRACE AND MERCY. IM CRYING WHILE TYPING THIS. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BUY THIS BOOK YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED! NARRATOR BANI TURPIN U ARE SPECTACULAR. CUPCAKE BROWN I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY WITH US!

I Loved This!!!

This beautifully written memoir took me through every emotion possible! Hands down, this is one of my favorite books. Her story was inspiring! The narration definitely helped bring this story to life!

loved it, laughed, cringed, cried..beautiful book.

is a beautiful book well written it was sad happy confusing upsetting frustrating, awesome book