{"product_id":"angry-ass-black-woman-9781451607826","title":"Angry-Ass Black Woman","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis sassy, shocking autobiographical novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eUptown Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003eYou'd be angry, too, if 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. Living 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\u003eBut there's more to her story. Ke-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\u003eDecades 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiller, Karen E. Quinones:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Karen E. Quinones Miller\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSatin Doll\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e I'm Telling\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUsing What You Got\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUptown Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been nominated for the NAACP Literary Award. In addition, she is a literary consultant, CEO of Oshun Publishing Company, and a former literary agent. She lives in Philadelphia with her daughter, Camille.","brand":"Gallery Books\/Karen Hunter Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160151945490,"sku":"9781451607826","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fc0f9c74-07bd-4c25-942f-19dfca1e2972.jpg?v=1775037784","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/angry-ass-black-woman-9781451607826","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}