December Memoir Pick: A Piece Of Cake
A seasoned literary agent once told me a great book is one that sits with you for not days, but years after you read it. This is exactly what will happen after you read A Piece Of Cake. However, I must warn you, Cup’s life story might be one of the most harrowing memoirs I have ever read. The excess abuse, rape, and drugs this little girl experienced, all before the age of 9, is so excessive it will make your blood boil and your stomach flip. Cup, the narrator, has experienced a life of such hardship, I almost debated sharing this book. But then I thought, what good would that do? This is an important book for many reasons.
One of them most important reasons to read this memoir is to gain a softer heart and a deeper understanding for those who end up in gangs and prostitution. Cup spends a lot of years in a gang and working as a prostitute, but once you learn her life story the true antagonist is revealed. The Foster Care system.
A Piece of Cake is a firsthand look into what happens when children in foster care get shipped to corrupt men and women only wanting a paycheck from the government. A Piece Of Cake is the memoir pick of the month because during this holiday season, a time when our hearts feel a little more open, my hope is that those who have ever yearned to adopt a child will read Cup’s story and not hesitate any longer. Children in foster care don’t need big homes and lots of toys. What they need most is an adult who shows up for them.
4 Things A Piece Of Cake Will Open Your Eyes To:
1. Women in prostitution – Did you know this lifestyle is often directly related to girls who were raised in the foster care system.
2. The mind of an addict – Cup’s story is a firsthand look into the thought process of an addict, fascinating, eye-opening, and heartbreaking, all in one.
3. Older kids in foster care not being adopted – Did you know there is a desperate need for older kids to be adopted in the United States? Cup’s story will tell you all about it.
4. The most hopeless drug addict or alcoholic, can get clean! – Cup, who ends up homeless and looking in trashcans for drugs, will tell you getting clean is possible, but it will be impossible to do so without a higher power. This book will show you how Cup rose above her trauma, through the help and guidance of what she calls, God.
