{"product_id":"an-angry-ass-black-woman-9781451607826","title":"An Angry-Ass Black Woman","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis sassy, shocking autobiographical novel captures the racial tensions, the hardships, and the bonds that formed between families and neighbors growing up poor in Harlem. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe autobiographical novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eUptown Dreams \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSatin Doll \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren E. Quinones Miller is \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN ANGRY-ASS BLACK WOMAN \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou'd be angry, too . . . \u003c\/b\u003eif you grew up poorer than poor in Harlem in the 1960s and '70s, a place of unrelenting violence, racism, crime, rape, scamming, drinking, and drugging . . . with a dad permanently checked out in Bellevue and a mom at the end of her rope raising you, your twin sister, and your two brothers, moving every time the money runs out-- and doing what it takes to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut there's more to her story . . . \u003c\/b\u003eKe-Ke Quinones was whip smart and sassy, a voracious reader of everything from poetry to the classics. No matter what, 117th Street--where you could always count on someone to stand up for you--would always be home. And with every hard-knock lesson learned, Ke-Ke grew fiercer, unleashing her inner angry-ass black woman to get through it all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs this her final chapter? \u003c\/b\u003eNow, decades later, comatose in a hospital bed after a medical crisis, she reflects on her life--her success as a journalist and renowned author, her tragicomic memories of Harlem, her turbulent marriage, the birth of her daughter, future possibilities--all the while surrounded by her splintered family in all of their sound and fury. Will she rise above once more?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miller, Karen E. Quinones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\/Karen Hunter Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451607826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.37w x 0.96d","brand":"Karen E. Quinones Miller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32748829933643,"sku":"9781451607826","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_ce84a1d6-68b3-43f3-bfd7-ad6c9fabd534.jpg?v=1597774574","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/an-angry-ass-black-woman-9781451607826","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}