Same Old Song - Softcover

Hawkins, C.L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1984917129 ISBN 13: 9781984917126

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

The 90's, the era of "who's hot and who's not." Everybody wants to be on top and would do anything to get there.Kim lived and hung out on the most dangerous blocks that Brooklyn had to offer. She was a part of a wild ass crew and to top it off her brothers were nothing to fuck with and the whole hood knew it. Kim and her girls were the popular chicks. Every guy wanted them and every female wanted to be down with them. With all of the hood popularity came nothing but drama and sticky situations. These girls all try hard to keep themselves out of the dangerous mix but you know how the saying goes..."What goes around comes around."

About this title

About the Author:

C.L HAWKINS WAS BORN CHASTITY LENORA HAWKINS IN NEW YORK CITY. SHE WAS RAISED IN FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN. SHE’S THE ONLY GIRL OUT OF SEVEN CHILDREN.WHEN CHASTITY WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL SHE DISCOVERED THE PASSION FOR WRITING AND SINGING. CHASTITY AND HER TWO BEST FRIENDS EVEN STARTED A SINGING GROUP BUT THEY NEVER PERSUED THEIR DREAMS. AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN, CHASTITY HAD A STREET FIGHT THAT LEFT HER WITH SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO THE FACE. THE OUTCOME CAUSED HER TO BE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE MONTHS. SHE RECEIVED TWO SURGERIES IN THE PROCESS. AFTER THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT, CHASTITY’S SELF ESTEEM BECAME LOW. SHE BEGAN TO NOT BELIEVE IN HERSELF. AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN, CHASTITY BECAME PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST CHILD AND AT THE AGE OF TWENTY SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER BEAUTIFUL, QUENTYA. WHEN HER DAUGHTER WAS ONE, HER CHILD’S FATHER WAS INCARCERATED AND SENTECED TO 25-60 YEARS, MAKING CHASTITY A SINGLE MOTHER. BECAUSE SHE HAD YET TO FINISH SCHOOL SHE FOUND ODD JOBS HERE AND THERE. SHE DEALT WITH A LOT OF STRUGGLES. SHE EVEN GOT IN TROUBLE WITH LAW. WHEN HER OLDEST DAUGHTER WAS FOURTEEN, CHASTITY HAD ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER AND NAMED HER DEMI-AUBREY. AFTER GOING THROUGH PROBLEMS WITH DEMI’S FATHER, SHE FOUND HERSELF BEING A SINGLE MOTHER OF NOW TWO CHILDREN. THROUGH IT ALL, SHE NEVER GAVE UP HER PASSION FOR WRITING, BUT FROM CONSTANTLY HEARING PEOPLE SAY THAT SHE COULDN’T MAKE THINGS HAPPEN SHE WAS SCARED TO PERSUE HER DREAMS. WITH ADVICE FROM HER SISTER IN-LAW AND WITH HER NIECE’S ENCOURAGEMENT, CHASTITY BEGAN TO GET BACK FOCUSED ON HER WRITING. SHE WANTED TO INTRODUCE TO THE WORLD HER FIRST BOOK, “SAME OLD SONG”, A BOOK WHERE SHE BRINGS TOGETHER DRAMA, MUSIC AND THE ERA OF THE 90’S. WHAT WILL THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THIS UP AND COMING AUTHOR? SAME OLD SONG PART TWO, D.O.C LOVE: A BOOK OF EROTIC SHORT STORIES THAT SHE CO WROTE WITH QUENTYA'S FATHER, A DOCUMENTRY ON THE ERA SHE GREW UP IN AND LATER IN THE FUTURE, HER OWN PERSONAL AUTO BIOGRAPHY ABOUT HER LIFE STORY. YOU MUST TRULY KNOW CHASTITY’S STRUGGLES BEFORE YOU CAN TRULY APPRECIATE HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS. To keep up with everything C.L Hawkins Instagram- @bossladydtn Facebook- www.facebook.com/DABOSSLADY718

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1984917129
• ISBN 13: 9781984917126
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136
• Editor: Wilson Celeste
• Illustrator: Wilson Celeste